Military courts have sentenced 25 civilians to prison terms of between two and 10 years for their role in violent attacks on military installations during nationwide unrest in May 2023, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.
The convicts were involved in attacks on key military sites including Jinnah House, General Headquarters (GHQ) and Pakistan Air Force Base in Mianwali.
According to the ISPR, the General Field Martial Court has convicted 25 people in the first phase, after a thorough review of the evidence and completion of appropriate legal procedures.
Fourteen people received sentences of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, while the others received shorter sentences, the statement said.
The ISPR emphasized the seriousness of the attacks, describing them as “flagrant acts of violence” that shocked the nation. The statement also highlighted the importance of addressing such actions, calling them an “unacceptable attempt at political terrorism to impose [a] will perverted through violence and coercion.”
Most of those convicted were found guilty of participating in the Jinnah House attack, while others were implicated in attacks on military installations across the country. The military condemned May 9 as a “Black Day” and claimed that the unrest was politically orchestrated and targeted the Armed Forces, including acts of desecration of memorials dedicated to martyrs.
On December 13, 2024, a seven-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the decision of pending cases that had been delayed due to previous rulings.
The details of the 25 convicted are as follows:
- Jan Muhammad Khan (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Muhammad Imran Mehboob (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Raja Muhammad Ehsan (GHQ attack) – 10 years in prison
- Rehmatullah (Attack on Mardan Center of the Punjab Regiment) – 10 years in prison
- Anwar Khan (Attack on PAF Mianwali base) – 10 years in prison
- Muhammad Afaq Khan (Bannu Cantonment Attack) – 9 years in prison
- Daud Khan (Attack on Chakdara Fort) – 7 years in prison
- Faheem Haider (Attack on Jinnah House) – 6 years in prison
- Zahid Khan (Attack on Multan Cantonment Checkpoint) – 4 years in prison
- Yasir Nawaz (Attack on Mardan Center of the Punjab Regiment) – 2 years in prison
- Abdul-Hadi (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Ali Shan (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Daud Khan (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Umar Farooq (GHQ attack) – 10 years in prison
- Babar Jamal (Attack on PAF Mianwali base) – 10 years in prison
- Muhammad Hashir Khan (Attack on Jinnah House) – 6 years in prison
- Muhammad Ashiq Khan (Attack on Jinnah House) – 4 years in prison
- Khurram Shehzad (Attack on Multan Cantonment Checkpoint) – 3 years in prison
- Muhammad Bilawal (Attack on Jinnah House) – 2 years in prison
- Saeed Alam (Attack on Mardan Center of the Punjab Regiment) – 2 years in prison
- Laiq Ahmad (Attack on ISI office in Faisalabad) – 2 years in prison
- Ali Iftikhar (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Zia Ur Rehman (Attack on Jinnah House) – 10 years in prison
- Adnan Ahmad (Attack on Mardan Center of the Punjab Regiment) – 10 years in prison
- shakir ullah (Punjab Regiment Mardan Center Attack) – 10 years in prison
More sentences will be announced once the legal processes for other people involved in the events are concluded.
