ISLAMABAD: The mother of a death row convict filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the dismissal of her son’s petition appealing his death sentence ordered by a military court.

Sajida Parveen’s son, Ihsan Azim, has been charged with murdering seven armymen on the banks of Chenab river near Gujrat district on July 2012 along with four other men Asif Idrees, Amir Yousaf, Kamran Aslam and Umar Nadeem.

LHC Judge Arshad Mehmood Tabassum on December 24 rejected Ms Parveen’s petition.

The appeal was filed by advocate Laeeq Khan Swati in the Supreme Court.

Advocate Swati contended before the court that the military authorities did not provide the convict trial proceedings before filing the appeal in the military appellate court.

He requested the court to restrain the concerned authorities from executing the death sentence to his client. The appeal cited secretaries ministries of defence and interior as respondents.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2014