Army chief pardons sentence of 20 people convicted in May 9 cases
Pakistan
Army chief pardons sentence of 20 people convicted in May 9 cases
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - At least 20 people convicted in the May 9 cases by military courts were discharged before completing their punishments.
On the Supreme Court's direction, the army chief pardoned the sentences of these persons who had served 9 to 10 months in prison. They were released on April 6 and 7.
Shehryar Zulfikar, Abdullah Aziz, Muhammad Idris, Nadir Khan, Lal Shah, Muhammad Faisal, Hasan Shakir, Abdul Sattar, Rashid Ali, Muhammad Anas, Abdul Jabbar and Umar Muhammad were among those released.
They belong to Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Dir, and Mardan districts.
Those who released included Mohammad Idrees, Aswad Rajput, Nadir Khan, Yasir Aman, Sheharyar Zulfiqar, Lal Shah, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Faisal, Faisal Irshad, Hassan Shakir, Abdullah Aziz, Mohammad Anas, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Sattar, Mohammad Rashid, Rashid Ali, Umar Muhammad, Khalmat Khan, Ijaz-ul-Haq and Shah Zeb.
