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The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa set up two separate benches to hear appeals against the postponement of the general elections and the prosecution of civilians in military courts.
SC hear pleas election and military court trials: On October 23, a three-person bench presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and made up of Justices Athar Minallah and Amin ud Din Khan will hear arguments against postponing the 2018 elections.
The CJP has established a six-member bench to examine appeals that contest the prosecution of civilians in military courts. The judges on the bench are Justices Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Muneeb Akhtar, Aijazul Ahsan, Yahya Afridi, and Ayesha Malik.
On October 23, the bench will hear arguments related to military trials.
On Aug. 3, a six-judge SC bench last considered appeals to civilians’ trials in military courts.
The Supreme Court denied a request to convene a full court bench to hear a series of appeals contesting the legitimacy of civilian trials in military tribunals.
The bench had discussed the plea, according to the then-CJP Bandial, but because to summer vacations, a full court could not be formed until September.
“Mansoor Usman Awan, the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP), previously presented the court with a list of the names of 102 individuals whom the military was holding.”
The list reveals that 28 suspects attacked the residence of the corps commander in Lahore, four suspects intruded into the army institute, five suspects assaulted the PAF Air Base in Mianwali, 15 suspects targeted the army garrisons in Multan and Gujranwala, and seven suspects broke into the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
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The PDM government announced its decision to hold military court trials of those found guilty of damaging and attacking military instalments following the arrests made in connection with the violent riots that broke out across the nation on May 9. Both the government and the army considered this announcement to be a low blow.
Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, former chief justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, legal expert Aitzaz Ahsan, and five representatives of the civil society, including Karamat Ali, the executive director of Piler, asked the supreme court to declare the military trials “unconstitutional” in light of this ruling.