BAHAWALPUR: Anti-Terrorism Court judge Malik Shabbir Ahmed on Friday handed down 28-year jail term to three terrorists for attacking a team of the Counter-Terrorism Department in 2016.

According to the spokesman, the CTD had arrested Imdadullah, Sajid Javed and Muhammad Khaliq belonging to the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) on Dec 24, 2016 after they attempted to attack the officials with hand grenades.

The CTD team registered a case (FIR No 105/16) under section 4/5 Explosive Act and 7 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

The judge awarded them 14-year imprisonment under each of the section along with the confiscation of their properties.

Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2018