May 9 cases: Military courts sentence Hassan Niazi, 59 more perpetrators

RAWALPINDI: Military courts have sentenced 60 more May 9 perpetrators, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s nephew Hassan Niazi, Inter Services Press Statement (ISPR) said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the statement, the Field General Court Martial has sentenced an additional 60 individuals for their involvement in the May 9 violence, following the Supreme Court’s guidelines. The trials ensured adherence to due process and protection of legal rights, ISPR stated.

Their names are as follows:

1. Jinnah House Attack:
   
   • Hassaan Khan Niazi: 10 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Muhammad Arsalan: 7 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Rais Ahmed: 6 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Arzam Junaid: 6 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Ali Raza: 6 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Brigadier (Retd.) Javed Akram: 6 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Muhammad Umair: 6 years rigorous imprisonment.
   • Nauman Shah: 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
   • Muhammad Rahim: 6 years rigorous imprisonment.
     Mian Abad Farooq: 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
     
2. GHQ Attack:
   
   • Syed Hassan Shah: 9 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Muhammad Abdullah: 4 years rigorous imprisonment
   • Raja Danish: 4 years rigorous imprisonment
     
3. AIMH Rawalpindi Attack:
   
   • Ali Hussain: 7 years rigorous imprisonment
     
4. Punjab Regimental Center Mardan Attack:
   
   • Zahid Khan: 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
5. Timergara Headquarters Attack:
   
   • Sohrab Khan: 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
6. Multan Cantt Checkpost Attack:
   
   • Khurram Liaquat: 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
   • Pirzada Mian Muhammad Ishaq Bhutta: 3 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
7. Chakdara Fort Attack:
   
   • Zakir Hussain: 7 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
8. Bannu Cantt Attack:
   
   • Amin Shah: 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
   • Ikramullah: 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
9. PAF Base Mianwali Attack:
   
   • Faheem Sajid: 8 years rigorous imprisonment.
     
10. Faisalabad ISI Office Attack:

• Hamza Sharif: 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
• Amjad Ali: 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

11. Rahwali Gate Gujranwala Attack:

• Muhammad Ahmed: 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

1. PAF Base Mianwali Attack:
   – Ihsanullah Khan Niazi sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment
   – Muhammad Bilal sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Rahwali Gate Gujranwala Cantt Attack:
  •  Muneeb Ahmed sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment
• • Muhammad Nawaz sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment
• • Muhammad Waqas sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment
• • Ashar Butt sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Sufyan Idrees sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Faisalabad ISI Office Attack:
  • Muhammad Ali sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Muhammad Farukh sentenced to 5 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Muhammad Salman sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Fahad Imran sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Bannu Cantt Attack:
  • Samiullah sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Khizar Hayat sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Saqlain Haider sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Izzat Gul sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Rahimullah sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Khalid Nawaz sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Jinnah House Attack:
  • Mian Muhammad Akram sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Mudassir Hafeez sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Sajjad Ahmed sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Waqas Ali sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Ameer Zohaib sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Haider Majeed sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Retired Group Captain Waqas Ahmed Mohsin sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Dera Scouts Headquarters Timergara Attack:
  • Muhammad Suleman sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Asadullah Durani sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Izzat Khan sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Muhammad Ilyas sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Chakdara Fort Attack:
  • Ikramullah sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Rais Ahmed sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment.
  • Gohar Rahman sentenced to 7 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Multan Cantt Checkpost Attack:
  • Hamid Ali sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment.

• Gate FC Cantt Peshawar Attack:
  • Muhammad Ayaz sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment.

Last week 25 civilians had been sentenced for their involvement in the May 9 incidents when military installations were attacked following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a corruption case.

According to a statement issued last week, the ISPR said that justice would “truly be fully served” once the mastermind and planners of the May 9 tragedy are punished as per the ‘constitution’ and ‘laws of the land’.

“The state of Pakistan will continue to vigorously pursue dispensation of justice to ensure the establishment of the inviolable writ of the state, so as to uproot this evil of violence-driven disruptive and destructive politics based on hate, divisiveness and baseless propaganda.”

In May 2023, following the arrest of former premier Imran Khan, the nation had witnessed incidents of politically motivated incitement, violence, and arson.

On December 13 the Supreme Court had conditionally allowed military courts to issue verdicts against civilians allegedly involved in the May 9 violence. However, the rulings of these courts remain subject to the Supreme Court’s final decision in pending cases.

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The Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) court on December 5 had indicted Imran Khan on charges of inciting his supporters to attack the country’s military and its installations in 2023. Similarly, on December 20,14 senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, were indicted in the GHQ attack case. 

As many as 113 individuals have been formally charged in connection with the attacks, which included an unprecedented assault on the military’s GHQ in Rawalpindi. 

The GHQ attack remains one of the most significant incidents in the country’s turbulent political landscape. Protesters allegedly stormed the military headquarters in Rawalpindi, vandalised Lahore’s Jinnah House, and targeted Mianwali Air Base, among other locations. The government claims to possess irrefutable evidence linking PTI leadership to the violence, a charge vehemently denied by the party.