Pakistans army chief has confirmed death sentences for 11 "hardcore terrorists" after military courts found them guilty of carrying out multiple deadly attacks in recent years. In a statement Saturday, the military said Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa also approved imprisonment for three people for their involvement in acts of terrorism. It said the 11 convicted Pakistani Taliban had killed 36 civilians and 24 troops in separate attacks in the country. The trials are closed to the public but defendants are allowed to hire lawyers. Pakistan resumed military trials for militants and lifted a moratorium on the death penalty after a 2014 attack on a school in Peshawar that killed more than 150 people, mostly young students. On Friday, unknown gunmen shot dead six laborers in a remote southwestern Pakistani town, officials said, in the latest bout of violence to rock the restive region. The murders took place overnight in Lajjey, about 170 kilometers southwest of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, where militants -- including the Taliban-- are active. "Unidentified gunmen shot dead six laborers and wounded another, who is in critical condition," local government official Hashim Ghilzai told AFP. No group has claimed responsibility for the killings.