As Pak Army Plans Military Trials Of Civilians, Chief Justice Intervenes
NDTV
The Chief Justice of Pakistan further said that the Supreme Court should be informed before military trials of civilians begin.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said that the trial of accused civilians allegedly involved in the May 9 violence should not begin in military courts without informing the Pakistan Supreme Court, local reported said.
He made the remarks as a six-member bench, headed by him and consisting Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Ayesha A Malik, resumed hearing a set of pleas challenging the military trials of civilians.
During Friday's hearing. Latif Khosa, the lawyer for petitioner Aitzaz Ahsan, stated that whatever was happening in the country today had taken place during the tenure of former military dictator Ziaul Haq.
