Military courts being established for terror trials : Khwaja Asif

[third eye]

Why ? Aren't the courts of the land capable of handling such cases ?

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khwaja Asif on Friday stated that military courts were being established for trials of cases relating to terrorism.

Speaking to DawnNews in an interview, Asif said carrying out of death penalty against terrorists would begin soon, adding that the government had consciously decided to lift the moratorium on capital punishment.

He further said that the process of establishing military courts for the purpose of trying terror suspects was already underway.

Asif added that there would be no discrimination in the carrying out convictions of terrorists who have been sentenced to death and whose appeals have been rejected.

The defence minister’s remarks comes as the civilian and military leadership of the country has decided on zero tolerance for terror.

The latest developments come in the aftermath of the attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School in which over 140 people — mostly children — were killed.

Soon after the attack, the prime minister lifted the moratorium on capital punishment and managed to develop consensus among parliamentary parties on the way forward in fighting the scourge of terrorism in the country. Moreover, the army chief dashed to Kabul around the same time, securing assurances from Kabul and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) for anti-terror cooperation.

Military courts being established for terror trials, says Khawaja Asif - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[OrionHunter]

Will the CEO's of the JuD/LeT, JeM, HuM and COOs like Lakhvi etc be tried there also? Or are these courts only to try the 'bad' terrorists?

 

[Zarvan]

Will the CEO's of the JuD/LeT, JeM, HuM etc be tried there also? Or are these courts only to try the 'bad' terrorists?

Yes Only bad terrorists

 

[A.Rafay]

Will the CEO's of the JuD/LeT, JeM, HuM and COOs like Lakhvi etc be tried there also? Or are these courts only to try the 'bad' terrorists?

I am sure these guys will be spared just like before. Their intentions are still not clear. Lakhvi was the example. These terrorists have backing of political parties and establishment itself.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

So will the terrorists be treated as armed combatants or something of that sort? Otherwise a military court will have no jurisdiction over them.

 

[Kompromat]

They will be treated as enemy combatants.

 

[saiyan0321]

This is a good step. quite frankly i dont see the civilian govt continuing this once the josh gets cooled up. We need military courts who will give their own decisions and handle their own death penalties away from civilian courts. This is a good decision and after they are formed the hangings should be done on the decision of the military courts.

 

[tarrar]

Good let Military handle terrorism issue directly & without any interference. Civil courts are complete failure & incompetent, its good they are pushed aside.

News are also surfacing on current CJ that he is going on leave. Now you all can see how much incompetent these bastards really are.

By the way it was this bastard khawaja who spoke against PA in the parliment, its strange PA allows security risk politicians to rule Pakistan & hold key positions.