3 Get Death Penalty For Church Attack

Pakistan Today ^ | 1/23/04 | Sher Baz Khan

[Valin]

RAWALPINDI: A special Anti-Terrorism Court here on Thursday handed down death sentence to three men, on four counts, convicted of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Taxila Church on Aug 9, 2002 , killing four nurses and injuring 20 other people.
ATC No.1 Judge Manzoor Ahmad Mirza awarded the capital punishment to Saifur Rehman, Abu Bakar and Ayaz for attacking the church with grenades. The court also imposed a Rs100,000 fine on each of the convicts.
The court also awarded life sentence to three convicts, on eight counts each, for injuring the 20 people and fined them Rs50,000 each.

During their raids, police had recovered some illicit weapons from Ayaz, Sabir Hussain and Taufeeq. On this count, the court awarded three years' rigorous imprisonment to Ayaz and fined him Rs5000.
For the same crime, the court awarded seven years' RI to Sabir Hussain and fined him Rs100,000; six months' jail in case of of failure to pay the fine.

The court awarded 10 years' RI to Taufeeq, another convict, and ordered confiscation of his property. It acquitted Taufeeq, Sabir and Asif of physically participating in the attack.

[Lazamataz]

Judge Manzoor Ahmad Mirza awarded the capital punishment to Saifur Rehman, Abu Bakar and Ayaz for attacking the church with grenades. The court also imposed a Rs100,000 fine on each of the convicts.

You are sentenced to death. Futhermore, your license is revoked.

[Bobby777]

"License Revoked" ... an early working title for "License to Kill" ... no doubt the reference you are making ... maybe? ... 8)

[Lazamataz]

"License Revoked" ... an early working title for "License to Kill" ... no doubt the reference you are making ... maybe? ... 8)

No, I was making a reference to the odd juxtaposition of a fine imposed as well as the death penalty.

[Valin]

Judge Manzoor Ahmad Mirza awarded the capital punishment

I must admit this is a strange way of putting it. Makes it sound like they won some sort of prize.
CONGRATULATION Saifur! You've just won an all expense paid trip to the gallows!

[squidly]

It could be money the men already had and that the government is/has been able to seize. I don't know how the legal system works in Pakistan though.

[Bobby777]

well, I hope they remember to collect the fine, FIRST ... LOL

[woofer]

Judge Manzoor Ahmad Mirza awarded the capital punishment to Saifur Rehman, Abu Bakar and Ayaz for attacking the church with grenades.

Bah! These three will be in living it up in Iran by March 1st. The ISI will see to that.

[Valin]

If the ISI was so all fired powerful, how did these morons get captured in the first place?

[telebob]

Any word yet from the ICC? Human Rights Watch, maybe? Amnesty International? International Socialists and Apologists League? Anybody?

Who will stand up for these poor victims of barbaric justice???

[Valin]

Not yet. But the dog across the street is extremely upset about the whole situation.