13 high-profile terrorism cases transferred to military courts

Thirteen high-profile cases pending with anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) in Karachi and Sukkur have been sent to the military courts, it is learnt. Of the 13 cases, seven had been pending at ATCs in Karachi and include the Nishtar Park carnage case, anti-polio driver workers’ killings’ and ‘Sachal bomb blast case’ and others.

Several cases against three alleged terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi -- Amin alias Moaveeya, Mumtaz alias Farown and Ishaq alias Bobi -- have also been transferred to the military courts.

Ishaq alias Bobi has already been awarded the death sentence by a military court. He was tried along with Asim in the murder case of Qawwal Amjad Sabri in June 2016. The two were tried by a military court that handed death sentences to the two killers and their sentences were ratified by army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in April this year.

Ishaq alias Bobi is also involved in three other cases of heinous crimes and he would be tried in a military court along with several other terrorists. Around 15 alleged terrorists of different banned outfits would be tried in the military courts. These suspects were involved in killings of innocent people and law enforcers, as well as in cases of bomb blasts pending in Karachi ATCs for a long time.

The details of the cases have been sent to the ATCs for transferring cases’ files to the military courts. The custody of the accused would also be transferred from the prison to the military investigators so they could produce them before the military courts at hearings.