ISLAMABAD, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed death sentences to four "hardcore terrorists" who were awarded the capital punishment by military courts for committing offences related to terrorism, said the military media wing.
"The chief of Army staff confirmed death sentences awarded to four hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, including abducting and slaughtering of soldiers, destruction of government girls school, attacking law enforcement agencies and armed forces of Pakistan," a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said.
"On the whole they were involved in killing of 21 persons and injuring another person," the statement said, adding that fire-arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession.
All of them were members of a proscribed organization based in Pakistan and were arrested from different areas across the country.
All of the convicts had admitted their offences before the magistrates and the trial courts, according to a statement.
The army courts were set up after the terrorist attack on an army school in the country's northwest city of Peshawar in December 2014 for the speedy trial of the terrorism-related accused.
According to the legal experts, the convicts have the right of appeal to the president under the law. However, the president has previously rejected all the mercy petitions in terrorism-related cases.
