Pakistan army chief signs four black warrants

Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday signed black warrants of four hard-core terrorists involved in the attack last year at the Peshawar Army Public School, the media reported.

According to an Inter-Services Public Relations statement, those whose black warrants have been signed are Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeeb ur Rehman Alias Ali Alias Najeeb Ullah and Sabeel alias Yaya.

Terrorists stormed the army-run school on Deccember 16, 2014, killing over 150 people, mostly children.

In the wake of the attack, military courts were set up for trying terrorists under amendments made to the Constitution and the Army Act.

This was the first sentence approved by the army chief following the Supreme Court's August 2015 judgment giving legal cover to the establishment of military courts.