The constitution amendment bill seeking extension of military courts in Pakistan was today presented in the National Assembly.
The constitution amendment bill seeking extension of military courts in Pakistan was today presented in the National Assembly.
The bill was presented by Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid and the final vote on the amendment is expected to take place tomorrow.
The amendment bill seeking extension of military courts for two years to try hardcore terrorist involved in heinous crimes, was moved after all major political parties including the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) last week agreed to support the amendment, the Dawn reported.
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Shaikh Rasheed criticised the federal government over, what they said, was its failure to curb terrorism in the country without seeking the military's assistance.
"Has the country reaped any benefits from the establishment of the military courts in the last two years?" Achakzai asked.
"You cannot govern a country in this manner," he added.
Rasheed said if justice is not served then people will be forced to take matters in their own hands.
Pakistan Peoples Party's Naveed Qamar, also the former defence minister of Pakistan, lamented the state of affairs in the country, saying he does not believe things will improve in the next two years even if the military courts are revived.
"The need to re-establish military courts in the country is evidence of how the federal government has failed," said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Shah Mehmood Qureshi during the NA session.
"Was the government not aware that the mandate over military courts will expire after two years?" the
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