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Pakistan government urges top court to dismiss pleas challenging military
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The administration declared that anyone responsible for the mayhem on May 9—during which numerous government structures and military institutions were vandalized—would be tried in military courts.
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Army Act was violated during Imran Khan's tenure: Report
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
When the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was in power under former prime minister Imran Khan, 29 civilians were tried, found guilty, and sentenced in military courts. Inamur Rahim has petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to overturn those decisions.
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Pakistan: Civilians' trials in military courts yet to begin in May 9 viole
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistan government has informed the Supreme Court (SC) that the civilian trials, in military courts, in relation to the violence incited on May 9 have not yet started
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Pakistan: CJP Bandial expects no civilian is 'tried' in military courts in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Pakistan Supreme Court bench which was hearing the petitions filed against the trial of civilians in military courts got dissolved for the second time on Monday after the federal government raised objections to the inclusion of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on the seven-member bench.
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Pakistan's Chief Justice hopes no one is 'tried' in military courts for Ma
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, on Monday, hoped that no one would be trialled in the military court, in connection with May 9, until the case's final outcome pending before the Supreme Court.
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Pakistan: More than 100 tried in military courts over May 9 violence
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
He also said that three army officers, including a lieutenant general, were sacked from their jobs as a part of the military's "self-accountability process" into the events.
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Pakistan: Top court to 'quickly wrap up' pleas against trial of civilian
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court of Pakistan will "quickly" conclude the pleas against the prosecution of civilians in military courts, according to Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who declined to order a suspension of the proceedings on Thursday, Geo News reported.
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No civilised nation can afford military courts in a democracy: MQM leader
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"It is the Pakistani military that has ruled over the country for 50 years directly and the remaining 25 years of civilian rule was a dummy show as the military then ruled over the country from behind. Coup d'etat is the hobby of the corporate military of the country," Hussain said in a twee
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UN rights chief alarmed at death sentences by Myanmar military courts
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
At least seven university students were sentenced to death by a military court on 30 November, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement. There are reports of as many as four additional death sentences being issued against youth activists yesterd
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Pak Army Chief confirms death sentences for 11 'hardcore terrorists'
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences for 11 "hardcore terrorists", the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, in a statement, on Saturday.
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Pak govt passes 29 cases to military courts
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Government on Saturday cleared 29 terrorism related cases to be sent to the military courts after the country's Army chief general Qamar Javed Bajwa raised concern over the courts not receiving any such cases since January.
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EU slams Pakistan's poor rights record, stand on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): The European Parliament has criticised Pakistan's human rights record, and squarely reminded Islamabad that it has grossly erred in handing down capital punishment for those allegedly violating the nation's blasphemy law, in the excessive of milit
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