A Pakistani military court convicted two low-ranking army officers on charges of involvement in assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf last year, a military spokesman said today.
Spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said one of the convicts was given the death penalty, the other was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
He said the military court handed down the sentences a few days ago and that the trial of up to four other junior army officers and six air force officers was under way.
General Musharraf, a key ally in the US-led war on terror, survived two assassination attempts in December last year in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad.
The attacks were blamed on Islamic militants angry at General Musharraf's support for the war on terror.