Lahore, March 2 A special court in Pakistan has sentenced four employees of the defense ministry to jail terms of up to 10 years for providing "secret information" to Russia, an official said on Monday.
The judgment was announced by Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra of the Official Secrets Act Court (Islamabad).
"A Special Court under the Official Secrets Act announced its verdict last Friday in a case involving the leakage of sensitive information to the Russian Embassy in Islamabad," the official said.
The court convicted four employees of the defense ministry, while it acquitted two others due to lack of evidence.
Safdarur Rehman was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while the other three convicted individuals, Tafzeelur Rehman, Muhammad Waqar, and Muhammad Tahir, were each awarded five-year jail terms.
The court acquitted Mujtaba and Muhammad Ashfaq on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
The official said the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a case against these six defense ministry employees for allegedly passing sensitive information to Russia last year.