SSG soldiers sentenced to death for assassination on Musharraf

2 army soldiers on death row in President assassination case file mercy plea

ISLAMABAD: Two army soldiers on death row after being court martial in President Gen Pervez Musharraf assassination case have filed a mercy plea with the president.

Informed sources told Online that two army soldiers Lance Niak Arshad Mehmood and Niak Zafar Iqbal of Special Service Group were sentenced to death by a military court at Attock Fort on June 2005.

Seven others were also placed on trial in the same court in the President Musharraf assassination case

The two army soldiers after being found guilty of playing a leading role in planning the assassination attempt were sentenced to death by a Major General conducting the hearing.

The two soldiers had confessed to having links with terrorists Amjad Farooqi and Omar Sheikh both of whom were said to be masterminds of the attack.

However, both soldiers have filed a mercy plea with the President Musharraf, who besides being the head of the state is also the Chief of the Army staff having the mandate to either reject or accept the plea.

President Musharraf escaped two assassination attempts in Rawalpindi on December 13 and December 25, 2003. Both soldiers were found involved in the two attempts.