By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A retired Pakistani army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Akbar Hussain, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for inciting sedition among army personnel, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.
Hussain was convicted and sentenced through a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, after a military court trial in May, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
“The court of competent jurisdiction adjudged him ‘guilty’ of the offense charged, through due judicial process and awarded the punishment of 14 years rigorous imprisonment on 10th May 2024,” the ISPR statement said.
“Pursuant to the awarded sentence, the Rank of the officer has been forfeited on 26 July 2024.”
The ISPR said two other retired officers, Major Adil Farooq Raja and Captain Haider Raza Mehdi, were also convicted and sentenced last year through the FGCM on charges of inciting sedition and espionage.
“The court of competent jurisdiction had convicted and adjudged both Adil Farooq Raja and Haider Raza Mehdi on the date of 7th and 9th October 2023, through due judicial process, with the punishments awarded as 14 and 12 years of rigorous imprisonment respectively and forfeiture of rank of both individuals with effect from 21 November 2023.”
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