Pakistan court upholds death for 16 convicts

‘Pakistan’s highest court of justice has upheld death sentences in the cases of 16 civilians convicted of terrorism-related offenses.
The Supreme Court ruled in Islamabad on Monday that the verdicts issued by military courts for the appellants were all correct and based upon proper judicial procedure and the defendants’ constitutional rights.
Sajid Ilyas Bhatti, the deputy attorney general representing the government, assured that the military courts’ proceedings were “immune from challenge on the ground of any alleged violation of the fundamental rights.”‘
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