The convicts were reportedly involved in heinous terrorist offences, including attacks on armed forces, law enforcement agencies, kabooms of vehicle-borne improvised bombs (IED) to carry out sectarian killings, destruction of communication infrastructure, police check posts, educational institutions, and killing of innocent civilians.
According to the military's media wing, the convicted gunnies were responsible for the deaths of a total of 176 people, including 19 armed forces personnel, 41 police and Levies officials and 116 civilians, and causing injuries to 217 others. Arms and explosives had also been recovered from their possession.
Special military courts had awarded death sentences to these convicts. The courts also handed down imprisonments to 15 convicts and acquitted two accused after finding them not guilty.
All 22 of the gunnies were found to be members of banned
...the word
bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organizations. They confessed to their offences before a judicial magistrate and in their statements during their respective trials, according to the ISPR.
Details of death penalty
convictions provided by the ISPR are as follows: