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SC suspends death sentences of 3 convicted by military courts |
2018-09-20 |
[DAWN] The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday suspended the death sentences awarded by military courts to three convicts. A three-judge SC bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed, issued a notice to the Interior Ministry in this regard. The three convicts ‐ Tahir Ali, Habibul Rehman and Saifullah ‐ were accused of killing two army officials in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 2009. The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ![]() High Court (PHC) had earlier rejected the convicts' appeals. The hearing of the case was postponed for an indefinite period of time. |
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