During a hearing of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference on Wednesday, Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said that there should be no ambiguity over the fact that there was no chance of the re-establishment of military courts.
He said so in reaction to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s statement at a Karachi gathering where he said that his party would again establish military courts in Sindh if voted to power in the next general election.
The chief justice said that “while we are here, all matters would be handled constitutionally”.
Furthermore, during the day’s proceedings, Advocate-General Sindh said that the presidential reference did not call for a reopening of the case and that the reference only sought the court’s recommendation on the issue. The advocate general further said that the court should give its opinion on the decision against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Moreover, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that there was no example of reopening a case in the subcontinent. Whereas, the chief justice said that if cases were reopened, then more and more people would demand to reopen other cases.
No chance of military courts revival: CJ
