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Court-martial of a military officer and two civilians, who went missing in Rawalpindi a few months back, will start on Friday (tomorrow) on charges of spying and inciting army personnel to get involved in terrorist acts, reported BBC on Wednesday.
Colonel Shahid Bashir, a former Air Force pilot and now an advocate Nadeem Ahmad Shah, and Awais Ali Khan, an Engineer, were arrested by a military intelligence agency in Rawalpindi in May this year.
Family sources of the three alleged persons said that they had been informed that all the three of them will undergo field court-martial proceedings for spying.
Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that it was known to him that some persons were being probed for spying, but the matter of court-martial was not in his knowledge.
The three accused are in Army custody in Kotli District of Azad Kashmir but no details of the allegations levelled on them have been duly furnished so far. Certain sources, however, have told BBC that the three persons have been accused of leaking out some secrets of the PAF airbase Shamsi in Balochistan and inducing Army officers to destructive activities. It is pertinent to mention that former Army Chief General Mirza Aslam Beg had disclosed a few months ago that the said airbase was being used for US drone flights to strike the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The court-martial case will be proceeded in a military court, headed by a Brigadier under Section 31(d) of the Army Act under which the accused, if proved guilty, could be given death sentence.
As per details of the charges sent to the families of the three persons, Col Shahid Bashir of Army Engineering Unit has been charged with leaking out secrets of Shamsi airbase to the people who were planning to attack the airbase.
Col Bashir hails from Faisalabad and he is being interrogated for keeping links with Hizbut Tahrir.
Nadeem Ahmad Shah, a former PAF pilot and a lawyer for the last several years, is an active member of Rawalpindi Bar.
Awais Ali Khan returned to Pakistan in 2002 after getting his Mechanical Engineer’s degree from the US. He is a Green Card holder and husband of an American spouse. He joined service with Air Weapons Complex run by Pakistan Army but two years before he resigned from his service. Since then he has been running his own factory.
Court-martial of a military officer and two civilians, who went missing in Rawalpindi a few months back, will start on Friday (tomorrow) on charges of spying and inciting army personnel to get involved in terrorist acts, reported BBC on Wednesday.
Colonel Shahid Bashir, a former Air Force pilot and now an advocate Nadeem Ahmad Shah, and Awais Ali Khan, an Engineer, were arrested by a military intelligence agency in Rawalpindi in May this year.
Family sources of the three alleged persons said that they had been informed that all the three of them will undergo field court-martial proceedings for spying.
Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said that it was known to him that some persons were being probed for spying, but the matter of court-martial was not in his knowledge.
The three accused are in Army custody in Kotli District of Azad Kashmir but no details of the allegations levelled on them have been duly furnished so far. Certain sources, however, have told BBC that the three persons have been accused of leaking out some secrets of the PAF airbase Shamsi in Balochistan and inducing Army officers to destructive activities. It is pertinent to mention that former Army Chief General Mirza Aslam Beg had disclosed a few months ago that the said airbase was being used for US drone flights to strike the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The court-martial case will be proceeded in a military court, headed by a Brigadier under Section 31(d) of the Army Act under which the accused, if proved guilty, could be given death sentence.
As per details of the charges sent to the families of the three persons, Col Shahid Bashir of Army Engineering Unit has been charged with leaking out secrets of Shamsi airbase to the people who were planning to attack the airbase.
Col Bashir hails from Faisalabad and he is being interrogated for keeping links with Hizbut Tahrir.
Nadeem Ahmad Shah, a former PAF pilot and a lawyer for the last several years, is an active member of Rawalpindi Bar.
Awais Ali Khan returned to Pakistan in 2002 after getting his Mechanical Engineer’s degree from the US. He is a Green Card holder and husband of an American spouse. He joined service with Air Weapons Complex run by Pakistan Army but two years before he resigned from his service. Since then he has been running his own factory.
