Chief of Army Staff confirmed death sentences awarded to 10 hardcore terrorists

[AyanRay]

First of all Who awarded these death sentences??. Why does military head need to sanction these....!!

As it is often said, Pakistan doesn't have a army, it is the army which has a nation. Such Kangaroo courts would have been a disgrace in any other country, but in Pakistan they are proud of it.

 

[kris]

Because they were tried in militarily courts. For more on it :

https://www.dawn.com/news/1323974

In what many countries dies military courts have authority of such trials???

when one does not know about the constitution, rules and regulations of a country
then one should not speak uselessly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Pakistan

Link says this amendment is till jan 2017 only

 

[Jf Thunder]

In what many countries dies military courts have authority of such trials???


Link says this amendment is till jan 2017 only

 

[Imran Khan]

i want to know about hazrat ali its the same top ttp guys ?

 

[MBT 3000]

liberals will cry, good job boss

 

[undercover JIX]

Good hang them.
Indians talk against military courts but it wont change anything for their beloved terrorist Yadav. only Indians will try to save their paid terrorists.

Its our country and our laws.

 

[Solomon2]

As it is often said, Pakistan doesn't have a army, it is the army which has a nation. Such Kangaroo courts would have been a disgrace in any other country, but in Pakistan they are proud of it.

Its our country and our laws.

now wait for the courts to jump to terrorist rescue..as always.

No Sunset for Pakistan’s Secret Military Courts
A failure of justice and a black mark on Pakistan’s global image.

By Maria Kari
April 24, 2017

...Not much information is available on the inner mechanisms of these courts. What we do know is that they tend to typically operate without being curtailed by the usual checks and balances put in place to rein in civilian courts.

This unchecked freedom means Pakistani military tribunals, since their full-fledged introduction in 2015, have been operating in a clandestine fashion that is undoubtedly in gross violation of the basic tenets of international human rights law.

Such hearings are typically closed not only to the public but also to the accused’s legal counsel, if they even have any, and to their family members. The latter is one of the chief complaints lodged against Pakistan’s military courts as family members have started publicly speaking out against the lack of information given to them over reasons for the arrest and where the accused is being held.

In fact, many families wind up reporting detained family members as missing, and only come to know of their whereabouts after the outcome of the trial is reported by the media.

What little we have come to know of Pakistan’s secret military courts — information usually gleaned through some of the more high profile cases — makes one thing resoundingly clear: Pakistan has repeatedly failed to fix its civilian justice system and instead has chosen to rely on the almighty military, prolonging both the suffering of its people and it’s already poorly mismanaged global image.

And make no mistake. This repeated choice to wield military justice as a sword instead of a shield is not merely an unconscionable miscarriage of justice, it is a travesty of the highest order...

...Statistics obtained by The Diplomat show that since their inception in 2015, military courts across Pakistan have convicted around 274 people. One hundred and forty-four of these convicts allegedly “confessed” to their crimes. Legal experts who spoke to The Diplomat expressed skepticism over what one law professor referred to as “an artificial and unequivocally engineered confession rate.”

Such remarkable consistency in securing a confession is troublesome because, according to military justice expert and Yale law professor Eugene Fidell, “there is no way of telling how reliable the confession is and under what circumstances it has been obtained.”

The ridiculously high rate of confessions and their questionable voluntariness is not the only troubling aspect of Pakistan’s military courts. It is also the fact that people are being prosecuted by secret tribunals for offences committed long before the 21st Amendment was passed in 2015...

...Right now Pakistan is the only South Asian country actively using military tribunals to try its citizenry. In doing so, the country is running afoul of its obligations under international human rights law, which restricts the jurisdiction of military tribunals solely to military offences committed by military personnel...

...If one charts the course of military justice in recent history it quickly becomes evident that granting unchecked power to a non-neutral army judge in a closed, secret proceeding is a recipe for disaster. It comes as no surprise that such proceedings are prone to being horribly abused...

...what Pakistan’s latest compromise tells us is how callously and comfortably she is willing to distill the rights of her citizenry to a mere footnote in the annals of an increasingly humiliating history.

 

[undercover JIX]

No Sunset for Pakistan’s Secret Military Courts
A failure of justice and a black mark on Pakistan’s global image.

By Maria Kari
April 24, 2017

...Not much information is available on the inner mechanisms of these courts. What we do know is that they tend to typically operate without being curtailed by the usual checks and balances put in place to rein in civilian courts.

This unchecked freedom means Pakistani military tribunals, since their full-fledged introduction in 2015, have been operating in a clandestine fashion that is undoubtedly in gross violation of the basic tenets of international human rights law.

Such hearings are typically closed not only to the public but also to the accused’s legal counsel, if they even have any, and to their family members. The latter is one of the chief complaints lodged against Pakistan’s military courts as family members have started publicly speaking out against the lack of information given to them over reasons for the arrest and where the accused is being held.

In fact, many families wind up reporting detained family members as missing, and only come to know of their whereabouts after the outcome of the trial is reported by the media.

What little we have come to know of Pakistan’s secret military courts — information usually gleaned through some of the more high profile cases — makes one thing resoundingly clear: Pakistan has repeatedly failed to fix its civilian justice system and instead has chosen to rely on the almighty military, prolonging both the suffering of its people and it’s already poorly mismanaged global image.

And make no mistake. This repeated choice to wield military justice as a sword instead of a shield is not merely an unconscionable miscarriage of justice, it is a travesty of the highest order...

...Statistics obtained by The Diplomat show that since their inception in 2015, military courts across Pakistan have convicted around 274 people. One hundred and forty-four of these convicts allegedly “confessed” to their crimes. Legal experts who spoke to The Diplomat expressed skepticism over what one law professor referred to as “an artificial and unequivocally engineered confession rate.”

Such remarkable consistency in securing a confession is troublesome because, according to military justice expert and Yale law professor Eugene Fidell, “there is no way of telling how reliable the confession is and under what circumstances it has been obtained.”

The ridiculously high rate of confessions and their questionable voluntariness is not the only troubling aspect of Pakistan’s military courts. It is also the fact that people are being prosecuted by secret tribunals for offences committed long before the 21st Amendment was passed in 2015...

...Right now Pakistan is the only South Asian country actively using military tribunals to try its citizenry. In doing so, the country is running afoul of its obligations under international human rights law, which restricts the jurisdiction of military tribunals solely to military offences committed by military personnel...

...If one charts the course of military justice in recent history it quickly becomes evident that granting unchecked power to a non-neutral army judge in a closed, secret proceeding is a recipe for disaster. It comes as no surprise that such proceedings are prone to being horribly abused...

...what Pakistan’s latest compromise tells us is how callously and comfortably she is willing to distill the rights of her citizenry to a mere footnote in the annals of an increasingly humiliating history.

A freelance based in Vancouver well known for anti Pakistan propaganda, on the pay roll of anti Pakistan elements, making money.

Pakistani Lawmakers know the working and they authorized Military courts under constitution, these freelancer and other anti Pakistan elements can keep crying and make money.