ISLAMABAD, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's top court on Monday upheld the military courts' verdicts of awarding death sentences to 16 "hardcore terrorists," courts officials said.
The five-member larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, had reserved the judgment on June 20.
The military courts were established to quickly depose terrorism-related cases after the Taliban attack on an army-run school in 2014. Most of the convicts belong to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi."
Relatives had challenged death penalties to 16 convicts.
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