PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday suspended the death sentence awarded to a citizen by the military court. Amanullah Pirzada, the counsel for one Arifullah, told a division bench comprising Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Ahmad Ali that his client had been arrested three years back. He told the court that Arifullah never remained involved in terrorism but the military court awarded him the death sentence. The court after suspending the death sentence adjourned the case till November 5, with the direction to club the case with other cases of the military courts. The division bench in another writ petition filed by one Asmatullah for recruitment as a constable in Levies force, directed to stop the salary of the deputy commissioner Peshawar for not submitting his reply in the case.
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