SC takes up two fundamental rights issues today

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday will take up different clubbed petitions of two important issues pertaining to fundamental rights.

The court will take up one case relating to judicial reviews against verdicts awarded by military courts, while another matter of enforced disappearance and abduction of civilians will be heard on Wednesday.

A five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, will hear the instant cases. Other members of the bench include Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice Faisal Arab.At present, 17 cases relating to judicial reviews, challenging the death sentences awarded by the military courts to different alleged terrorists, mostly belonging to tribal areas, are pending with the apex court.

At present, 17 cases relating to judicial reviews, challenging the death sentences awarded by the military courts to different alleged terrorists, mostly belonging to tribal areas, are pending with the apex court.

The apex court will resume hearing on Wednesday some 96 different appeals of enforced disappearances usually known as missing persons. Likewise, the larger bench will also adjudicate upon matter relating to maintainability of the case of mass graves in Totak area of Khuzdar district, Balochistan.