Tag: military courts

Petition seeking Uzair Baloch’s trial in military court filed in SC

A petition seeking to hold the trial of Lyari gang war leader Uzair Baloch in the military court was filed in the Supreme Court...

Death sentence of nine hardcore terrorists approved: ISPR

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif  confirmed the death sentences of nine hardcore terrorists convicted by military courts, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement...

Four terrorists sentenced by military courts hanged in Kohat

Four terrorists sentenced by military courts were executed on Tuesday at the Kohat Central Jail. According to local media, Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) General...

Four APS attackers hanged by the neck

Hangings are first executions of civilians convicted by military courts Four terrorists involved in the Army Public School attack last year were hanged at a...

Another look at 21st amendment, military courts, may be?

Making the federation and provinces as respondents, the Lahore High Court (LHC) Bar has filed a review petition in Supreme Court (SC) against the apex court’s decision in the case of 21st Constitutional Amendment and establishment of military courts.

COAS gives green signal to more military courts in Karachi

Gen Sharif hands over equipments worth Rs 65 million to Karachi Police for enhancing their capabilities In order to speed up trials of outstanding terror-related...

Setting up military courts was difficult decision but it’s showing results:...

Sharif says he's happy to know that the terrorists involved in the brutal killings of innocent children in Peshawar Army School had met their fate.

ICJ terms SC’s verdict over military courts a blow to human...

Just two days after the Supreme Court upheld the establishment of military courts to try terror suspects in a majority ruling, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has termed the verdict a blow to human rights and the rule of law.

Judges uphold military justice

The parliament passed the 21st Amendment and the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, to establish the special courts after the terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, last year.

Judges to speak their mind on military courts today

The Supreme Court will announce its judgement regarding the establishment of military courts as per constitutional amendments on Wednesday (today). The apex court on June...

Daish to be included in banned organisations’ list, AG tells SC

Making his argument before a 17-member full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasirul Mulk, hearing petitions against 18th and 21st Constitutional Amendments, Pakistan’s Attorney General (AG) Salman Aslam Butt on Thursday said that terrorist organisation Daish’s name will be included in the list of banned organisations.

Do your job and you won’t be challenged, SC tells State

Hearing petitions challenging the 18th and 21st constitutional amendments, a 17-member full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk, Wednesday observed that no one could challenge the State’s writ provided all institutions responsibly fulfilled their duties.

SC renders military courts ‘needless’

Hearing petitions against the 18th and 21st constitutional amendments on Tuesday, a 17-member full court bench of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasirul Mulk, observed that the federal government could invoke treason charges under Article 6 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) relating to terrorism against the State instead of trying terror suspects in military courts.

SC awaits submissions on military courts’ case

Hearing against the 18th and 21st constitutional amendments and the establishment of military courts was adjourned without proceedings on Wednesday due a judge’s absence. Heading...

SCBA points finger at military courts’ ‘fairness’

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has moved the Supreme Court (SC) against the operations of military courts established in the country following the massacre at Army Public School (APS), Peshawar.

Army judges get to call curtain on trials

While the military court judges have been given discretionary powers over privacy of case proceedings, the Supreme Court (SC) has invoked the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) for constituting a larger bench to hear petitions filed against establishment of military courts and the 21st Constitutional Amendment.

KP govt refers 423 cases for trial in military courts

Authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday referred a list of terror suspects to the federal government for trial in military courts. The 45-page report contains...