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Pakistan: Dozens of airforce officials court-martialled
[ADN Kronos] A total 26 Pakistan Air Force officials have been court martialled after being found guilty of links with terrorists. Six of the group have been sentenced to death. The men were among over 50 PAF officials arrested on charges of having links with terrorist organisations, unnamed sources told Pakistan's Geo News. The six PAF officials sentenced to death include two senior technicians named as Karamdin and Khalid Mehmood; a carpool technician named as Nawazish; and three junior technicians named as Niaz, Nasrullah and Adnan, sources said. The men were among as many as 57 officials arrested in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Kamra, Sargodha, Mianwali and Karachi, according to the sources. Of 57 officials also included 26 officials who were court-martialled and sentenced to between three and half and 17 years in jail. According to the sources, investigations of some of the PAF officials and their suspected terrorist links began under former president Pervez Musharraf. An unnamed high-ranking PAF official and a carpool technician named as Amir who are also wanted for suspected terrorist links remain at large. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-25 |
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