KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sentenced five individuals to 25 years of collective imprisonment each, under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code, including section 353.

Section 353 relates to 'assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty'.

The convicts ─ whose names are Irfan alias 'unit in-charge', Shahabuddin, Shehzad, Farhan alias Faisal, and Naseer alias DSP ─ are guilty of setting a police mobile on fire and shooting at policemen in 2010 in Shah Faisal Colony.

Investigators claim the convicts are affiliated with a political party.

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