25 convicted by military courts for role in May 9 violence: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: The Military Courts convicted 25 suspects of May 9 violence after examining all the evidence and completing the appropriate legal process, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. The suspects have been awarded up to 10 years imprisonment. “Field General Court Martial (FGCM) have in first phase promulgated the punishments to 25 accused,” the ISPR said. The verdicts were announced after the Supreme Court’s (SC) Constitutional Bench conditionally allowed military courts to do so in 85 trials. “These blatant acts of violence not only shocked the nation but also underscored necessity of checking this unacceptable attempt of political terrorism to impose own perverted will through violence and coercion,” the ISPR’s statement read. ‘Justice will truly be served once mastermind, planners are punished’ Terming the sentences an important milestone in providing justice to the nation, the military’s media wing maintained that the justice will truly be served...