Rawalpindi (Staff Report/Agencies): Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor has confirmed that the two senior army officers and a civilian, convicted of espionage, have been handed over to civilian jail authorities.
“Three officers sentenced on 30 May 2019 have been handed over to civil jail authorities. Earlier, convicted had been immediately arrested upon intelligence about their involvement and remained under military custody throughout their respective trial,” the DG ISPR said in a Tweet.
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On Thursday, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed the punishment to two army and one civil officer on the charges of espionage/ leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security.
According to a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the officers were tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial (FGCM) for separate cases.
Lieutenant General (retd) Javed Iqbal has been awarded 14 years rigorous imprisonment, while Brigadier (retd) Raja Rizwan has been awarded the death sentence.
Doctor Wasim Akram, who was employed at a sensitive organization, has also been awarded the death penalty.
