The Islamabad Excessive Court docket has prolonged the order to remain the execution of 5 ex-Navy officers who had been court-martialed for his or her involvement within the assault on the Navy Dockyard in Karachi till the subsequent listening to.
On Might 24, 2014, the Navy Tribunal awarded the demise penalty to five officers of the Pakistan Navy concerned within the assault on the Karachi Naval Dockyard on September 6, 2014.
Former Pakistan Navy officers Arslan Nazir Sati, Muhammad Hammad, Muhammad Tahir Rashid, Hammad Ahmed Khan and Irfanullah have filed appeals in opposition to the courtroom martial and demise sentence, wherein they’ve taken the stand that the demise sentence within the common courtroom martial Heard however counsel was not supplied, proof and courtroom of inquiry paperwork weren’t shared with the accused, enchantment in opposition to demise sentence was filed with out entry to those paperwork which was rejected.
In keeping with the decree, the events ought to submit the place of the Chief of Naval Workers with causes to the courtroom, it must be instructed why the entry of the paperwork to the Chief of Naval Workers appears to be in opposition to the pursuits of the state. The place of the Chief of Naval Workers must be submitted to the courtroom in a sealed envelope inside three weeks, and the case must be fastened for rehearing on July 1, 2024.
It must be famous that on September 6, 2014, a naval officer was martyred and two assailants had been killed within the assault on the Navy Dockyard on the coast of Karachi. 5 officers had been sentenced to demise.
The 5 naval officers had been sentenced to demise for alleged hyperlinks to the terrorist group Daesh, mutiny, conspiracy and carrying weapons into the dockyard.
In keeping with media experiences, the attackers needed to hijack the Pakistan Navy ship PNS Zulfiqar and goal the American ship, which the safety forces thwarted, killing two attackers and arresting 4 others.