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Islamabad, May 30 A three-star retired Pakistan Army General has been sentenced to 14 years rigorous imprisonment and a retired Brigadier to death sentence on charges of espionage by military courts, it was announced Thursday.
A doctor associated with a sensitive organisation was also handed the capital punishment on similar charges, according to a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military.
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed the punishment to the officers on the charges of espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to national security, the statement said.
The officers – identified by the ISPR as Lieutenant General (retd) Javed Iqbal, Brigadier (retd) Raja Rizwan, and Doctor Wasim Akram – were tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial for separate cases, the Express Tribune reported.
Lt Gen (retd) Iqbal has been awarded 14 years rigorous imprisonment, while Brigadier (retd) Rizwan has been handed the death sentence. Dr. Akram, who, according to the ISPR, was employed at a sensitive organisation, has also been given the death penalty.
The ISPR statement did not contain any further details of the offences committed by the three, but Director General ISPR Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor had confirmed the arrests of the senior officers in a press conference on February 22 this year, Geo News reported.
"There are two officers who are under military custody on the charges of espionage. The Army chief has ordered Field General Court Marshal for them," Ghafoor had said.
"Both of these are individual case and are not linked to each other, and there is no network as such," he said.
"Keep in mind that, if we have been able to get them and identify the issue, it is a success," the army spokesman said.
According to statistics, some 400 officers of different ranks have been given various punishments, including reprimand, warning, caution, salary-cut, dismissal from service, and even imprisonment, during the last two years, the Express Tribune reported.
https://www.outlookindia.com/newssc...ian-doctor-to-face-gallows-for-spying/1545197
A doctor associated with a sensitive organisation was also handed the capital punishment on similar charges, according to a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military.
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed the punishment to the officers on the charges of espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to national security, the statement said.
The officers – identified by the ISPR as Lieutenant General (retd) Javed Iqbal, Brigadier (retd) Raja Rizwan, and Doctor Wasim Akram – were tried under the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Martial for separate cases, the Express Tribune reported.
Lt Gen (retd) Iqbal has been awarded 14 years rigorous imprisonment, while Brigadier (retd) Rizwan has been handed the death sentence. Dr. Akram, who, according to the ISPR, was employed at a sensitive organisation, has also been given the death penalty.
The ISPR statement did not contain any further details of the offences committed by the three, but Director General ISPR Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor had confirmed the arrests of the senior officers in a press conference on February 22 this year, Geo News reported.
"There are two officers who are under military custody on the charges of espionage. The Army chief has ordered Field General Court Marshal for them," Ghafoor had said.
"Both of these are individual case and are not linked to each other, and there is no network as such," he said.
"Keep in mind that, if we have been able to get them and identify the issue, it is a success," the army spokesman said.
According to statistics, some 400 officers of different ranks have been given various punishments, including reprimand, warning, caution, salary-cut, dismissal from service, and even imprisonment, during the last two years, the Express Tribune reported.
https://www.outlookindia.com/newssc...ian-doctor-to-face-gallows-for-spying/1545197
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