An anti-terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad has sentenced Adil Raja and other accused to two life terms each in a case involving “digital terrorism against state institutions.” The hearing of the digital terrorism case related to May 9 was held at the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad. ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra announced the reserved verdict shortly after the conclusion of the trial.
The court awarded two life sentences each to Adil Raja, Haider Mehdi, and Wajahat Saeed Khan. Similar sentences were handed down to Sabir Shakir and Moeed Pirzada. In addition, the accused were sentenced to a cumulative 35 years of imprisonment under other charges and fined a total of Rs 1.5 million.