After the concession given by Army Chief General Asim Munir before Eid, 20 accused in the custody of Pakistan Army in the tragedy of May 9 and 10 were released before the completion of their sentences. Attorney General of Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan informed the Supreme Court in writing regarding the release of the criminals.
The Attorney General’s report states that 8 people from Rawalpindi were sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labor, in addition to them, 3 criminals from Lahore and 5 criminals from Gujranwala were also given one year imprisonment with hard labor.
According to the report submitted to the Supreme Court, 3 convicts from Dir and one convict from Mardan were among those released.
The report said that all the convicts were released on April 6 and 7, none of the released convicts had completed their sentences, Army Chief General Asim Munir gave the concession before Eid.
These persons have served 9 to 10 months of sentence so far. Among those released are Rawalpindi resident Muhammad Idris son of Muhammad Sharif, Aswad Rajput son of Muhammad Ajmal, Nadir Khan son of Muhammad Israr Khan, Shehryar Zulfiqar son of Zulfiqar Ahmed, Lal Shah son of Jahan. Zeeb, Abdul Rahman son of Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Faisal son of Muhammad Ashraf and Yasir Aman son of Amanullah.
Faisal Irshad son of Zafar Ahsan, Hasan Shakir son of Shakir Hussain, Abdullah Aziz son of Azizur Rahman, Muhammad Abdul Jabbar son of Abdul Sattar, Abdul Sattar son of Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Rashid son of Ghulam Haider and Rashid Ali son of Liaqat are residents of Gujranullah. .
Apart from them, Umar Muhammad son of Pinda Rehman resident of Dir, Khalmat Khan son of Niaz Muhammad resident of Dir, Ejazul Haq son of Farooq resident of Dir and Shahzeb son of Ali Haider resident of Mardan are among the released persons.
It should be noted that on March 28, the Supreme Court amended its December 13 order, allowing the military authorities to release 15 to 20 people arrested for their involvement in the May 9 torture case before Eid-ul-Fitr.
Subsequently, 1,900 people involved in fighting, vandalism and arson were arrested across the country with law enforcement agencies, while cases were also registered once morest Imran Khan and his party leaders and workers.
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2024-04-25 20:13:53