Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa today approved death penalty
for 10 terrorists including those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the
country's finest Sufi Qawwals.
In a statement, the military's
media wing said the terrorists, tried by special military courts, were
involved in killing of 62 people and heinous crimes against the state
including attack on security forces and a five-star hotel in Peshawar.
The
terrorists were identified as Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Rafique,
Muhammad Arish, Habibur Rehman, Muhammad Fayaz, Ismail Shah, Muhammad
Fazal, Hazrat Ali, Muhammad Asim and Habibullah.
Ishaq and Asim
were involved in the killing of Sabri and attacking the law enforcement
agencies/armed forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of 17
officials, the statement said, adding that they were awarded death
sentence.
Sabri, 45, was travelling in a car in Karachi's
congested Liquatabad 10 area when two motorcycle-borne gunmen shot him
in the head in a targeted terror attack on June 22, 2016. He was rushed
to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Hakimullah Masood group had claimed responsibility for the attack on Sabri.
Sabri was the son of renowned Qawwal Ghulam Farid
Sabri whose family is famous in the subcontinent for their
contribution to this sufi art and mystic poetry.
Some of the most memorable and famous qawwalis of the
Sabris were 'Bhar Do Jholi Meri', 'Tajdar-i-Haram' and 'Mera
Koi Nahin Hai Teray Siwa'.
PTI
