Army appellate court rejects appeals in GHQ attack case

Rejecting appeals of all seven men previously convicted in GHQ attack case, the Army appellate court on Friday upheld the punishments awarded in August last year

The military court in Rawalpindi had sentenced to death a former soldier, Aqeel alias Dr Usman, over an attack in 2009 on the Pakistan Army Headquarters (GHQ) and awarded prison terms to the seven others.

Another Imran Siddiq was awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200,000 and Rs100, 000 had been imposed on the two, respectively.

Dr Usman’s counsel Tariq Asad said that they would appeal in the high court against the verdict. Along with the two servicemen, their civilian accomplices included Khaliqur Rehman, Muhammad Usman, Wajid Ali, Muhammad Adnan and Tahir Shafiq.

The first three have been sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other two have been given jail terms of 10 and seven years, respectively. The civilians have been convicted for assisting the attackers, helping them find their targets and inciting servicemen to wage war against the army.

On October 10, 2009, heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests, mounted a brazen attack on General Headquarters Rawalpindi and held off army commandos for hours.

Nine of the attackers were killed in the operation while one was arrested after he was wounded. He was identified as Aqeel, aka Dr Usman.

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