PNS Mehran attack: 3 Naval Officers to be court-martial

[Devil Soul]

As per GEO NEWS 3 Naval officers are to be court-martial due to PNS Mehran Base attack.

 

[53fd]

great news. bring the perpetrators to justice.

 

[Jango]

expect the guilty to be punished if they are in the military.

 

[Leader]

its good that the trial is made public...so that anyone breaking the discipline should be well aware of the consequences.... moreover, these should not be done to punish the opponent school of thought...it must be purely on facts leading to guilt of the convicted of court martial...

 

[Devil Soul]

as per reports all 3 are senior most officer's ....

 

[BATMAN]

Foremost, Nauman Bashir shall be court marshaled.

He is a dubious character along with his brother.

Both brother's were appointed on top positions by Zardari immediately after he took over Pakistan (inherently).

 

[pmukherjee]

Are they being tried for negligence? Or are they being tried for involvement in anti national activities/sedition? The two are entirely different.

 

[Icarus]

Are they being tried for negligence? Or are they being tried for involvement in anti national activities/sedition? The two are entirely different.

I am not aware of this development but according to the military justice system, the punishment for sedition is death by shooting squad, so court-martial can not be for sedition. Criminal negligence would me my guess.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I would say these guys are just unfortunate, for them, scape goats as incidents like this unearth systematic failures and intrinsic negligence that goes much, much further than THREE men!

 

[pmukherjee]

I am not aware of this development but according to the military justice system, the punishment for sedition is death by shooting squad, so court-martial can not be for sedition. Criminal negligence would me my guess.

Even the death sentence also has to be awarded by the court martial only. Court martial is nothing but a trial by a military court of any person subject to the military law. Court martials are empowered to award any punishment ranging from a severe reprimand to a loss of seniority to cashiering (dishonorable discharge), rigorous imprisonment in civil jail to a death sentence. The sentence has to be approved by the competent military authority. A Court Martial may also acquit a person in case of insufficient evidence. It is just a military court which tries persons belonging to the military.

 

[Icarus]

Even the death sentence also has to be awarded by the court martial only. Court martial is nothing but a trial by a military court of any person subject to the military law. Court martials are empowered to award any punishment ranging from a severe reprimand to a loss of seniority to cashiering (dishonorable discharge), rigorous imprisonment in civil jail to a death sentence. The sentence has to be approved by the competent military authority. A Court Martial may also acquit a person in case of insufficient evidence. It is just a military court which tries persons belonging to the military.

Indeed, however the original post refers to court-martial as a punishment and in Pakistan the term "Court-Martial" is used to refer to a dishonourable discharge. Thus the post above, I hope I make myself clear.

 

[pmukherjee]

Indeed, however the original post refers to court-martial as a punishment and in Pakistan the term "Court-Martial" is used to refer to a dishonourable discharge. Thus the post above, I hope I make myself clear.

With all due regards to you. The civil and military jurisprudence of both India and Pakistan have been derived from the British legal system. In fact the military acts/laws flow out of the national Penal Codes of our respective countries and these were approved by the Parliament.. A large degree of commonality in the procedures followed in the two countries is therefore to be expected. There are many misconceptions regarding the word court martial in the minds of the civilian population in India too. However, what I understand from the thread title is that three Naval officers will face disciplinary action and will be tried by a general court martial for offences committed under the Pakistan Navy Ordinance (1961). Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[nomi007]

well decision but naval chief
heads of Faisal base and mehran base are also responsible
tell me any 1 country who have marriage hall on its military base

 

[Icarus]

With all due regards to you. The civil and military jurisprudence of both India and Pakistan have been derived from the British legal system. In fact the military acts/laws flow out of the national Penal Codes of our respective countries and these were approved by the Parliament.. A large degree of commonality in the procedures followed in the two countries is therefore to be expected. There are many misconceptions regarding the word court martial in the minds of the civilian population in India too. However, what I understand from the thread title is that three Naval officers will face disciplinary action and will be tried by a general court martial for offences committed under the Pakistan Navy Ordinance (1961). Please correct me if I am wrong.

The use of the word seemed as if it implied punishment, however it could be that they are facing a disciplinary committee. I think only that OP can clarify that.

 

[Arsalan]

Pakistan naval officers face court martial over Karachi airbase attack
Trial over 'Pakistani Taliban' assault on PNS Mehran seen as rare sign of accountability in country's military establishment
Three senior Pakistani naval officers are facing court martial over an attack on a naval airbase in Karachi in May.

The assault on the PNS Mehran base embarrassed the military and raised doubts about its ability to protect its facilities after a similar raid on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi in 2009.

"We had set up a board of inquiry, and after its report, court martial proceedings have been initiated against three officers," a senior navy official told Reuters.

The officers being tried include Commodore Raja Tahir, the commander of the Mehran base who was relieved of his command two days after the attack. At that time, the navy had insisted that it was a "routine and scheduled" transfer.

However, the naval official said that the trial – a rare sign of public accountability within Pakistan's powerful military establishment – does not mean that the officers were in some way connected with the attack. "They are being tried because they were at a responsible position, and were responsible for the security and other affairs of the base," he said.

Pakistani security officials had earlier detained a former navy commando and his brother in connection with the raid. A naval spokesman in Islamabad could not be immediately reached for comment.

The Mehran base attack came nearly three weeks after US navy Seals killed al-Qaida chief, Osama bin Laden, in a secret raid in the northwestern Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad on 2 May.

Pakistani Taliban, allied with al-Qaida, have vowed revenge for Bin Laden's death.

As few as six militants infiltrated the Mehran base, the headquarters of the navy's air wing, killing 10 security forces and wounding 20.

The militants, who besieged the military facility for 16 hours, also destroyed two US-made P-3C Orion aircraft, crucial to Pakistan's maritime surveillance capabilities.

The daring raid was another humiliation for the military, which had already been unable to explain how Bin Laden hid in the country for years or how the Americans could launch the attack deep inside their territory.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the Mehran base, but many analysts believe they had inside help.

Pakistan has faced a wave of assaults over the last few years, many of them claimed by the Pakistani Taliban and other al-Qaida-linked militant groups.

In October 2009, a small group of militants attacked the army's general headquarters in Rawalpindi, taking 42 people hostage, including several officers. By the end of the day-long siege, nine gunmen, 11 soldiers and three hostages were dead.

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