The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on December 16 approved death sentences awarded to 15 hardcore terrorists by military courts, reports Dawn. A statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the convicts committed offences related to terrorism, attacked the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, abetted suicide attackers in the Christian Colony bombing near Peshawar, destroyed educational institutions and killed innocent civilians.The atrocities resulted in the deaths of a total of 34 persons, 21 of them belonging to the armed forces, nine to Frontier Constabulary, and 2 who were police officials. Besides these, two civilians were also killed and 19 others injured.