Pak court jails 4 defence ministry employees for leaking secrets to Russia

LAHORE: (Mar 3) A special court in Pakistan has sentenced four employees of defence ministry to jail terms of up to 10 years for providing "secret information" to Russia, an official said on Monday.

The judgement 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 on last Friday in a case involving the leakage of sensitive information to the Russian Embassy Islamabad," the official said.