In a quick session, Pakistan hung eight hardcore terrorists in two days. These executions were announced to the press by Directorate of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR.) The same press release was issued by the Pakistan’s military media wing.
The execution was done in two sets. Four were hung on Wednesday and the other four Thursday. The place of the jail was not released but is said to be located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The terrorists executed on Wednesday were Asghar Khan, Haroon ur Rasheed, Ahmed Ali and Gul Rehman. On Thursday, Rizwan Ullah, Sardar Ali, Muhammad Ibrahim and Sher Muhammad Khan were executed. The ISPR said these eight were actively involved in the activities of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. It also said that they were in the Pakistan military court system and were punished accordingly. This is the same court that had ordered Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence.
The ISPR said the eight were accused of various terrorist activities. They said that this “includes the killing of innocent civilians, destruction of educational institutions, attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan and Law Enforcement Agencies.” On Thursday, the executed were accused of “destruction of communication/electricity infrastructure.”
The PTI said the Pakistani officials maintained the military’s courts were served as a deterrent against terrorism. After the 2014 Peshawar attack, the human rights court that is based in Lahore, Pakistan has executed 457 people that were accused of terrorism. This, however, did not go well with the human rights groups that time and again questioned this system of trials in military court.
