GHQ attack: military court rejects convicts’ appeals

RAWALPINDI: A military court has rejected appeals of all the convicts involved in GHQ terror attack, Geo News reported Friday.

According to report, the military appellate court upheld the verdict of a military court, which earlier handed down death penalty to Aqeel aka Dr Usman, a key accused of the terror attack that also led to killing of a brigadier.

The court had also awarded 25-year jail term to two accused Usman Khaliq and Majid while 10-year imprisonment to three others accused Imran Siddique, Adnan and Tahir Shafique in the same case.

A group of militants stormed General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army on October 10, 2009. Army commandos killed nine of the attackers while Dr Usman was arrested.