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Pakistan's expanding campaign of transnational repression targets critics
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Within Pakistan, the state has mobilized anti-terror legislation, military trials, and expanded censorship to stifle criticism. Anti-terror laws have been used as tools against members of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, while online spaces face increasing surveillance and restri
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Taiwan President Lai vows to counter "hostile foreign force" China's annex
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Lai, told reporters after convening a national security meeting this morning that Taiwan will reinstate military trials to counter Chinese infiltration and military espionage.
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Pakistan SC probes military court trials amid global outrage
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
SC examined how the evidence was assessed in these cases, as reported by The Nation
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Pakistan SC seeks clarification on Army Act's application in school attack
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked why the Army Act was not applied to the 2014 Army Public School attack cases. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail raised concerns about the necessity of constitutional amendments for military trials, while Khawaja Haris of the Ministry of Defence explained t
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"Country's legal system aligns with international law": Pakistan Foreign O
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In response to international concerns over military trials for civilians, the Foreign Office (FO) emphasised that Pakistan's legal system is consistent with international human rights law, including provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). This comes af
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Imran Khan appeals international bodies over military trials in May 9 inci
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Saturday urged international organisations to take notice of the "miscarriage of justice committed in the name of military trials."
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Pakistan: Three-judge committee to construct larger bench to hear appeals
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The court was seized with a number of applications to refer the present appeals to the three-judge committee that decides benches to hear petitions under Section 2 of the SC (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023, for the reconstitution of a bench by excluding Justice Masood.
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Pakistan top court says trials of civilians by military courts in May 9 ri
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Pakistan Supreme Court postponed on Wednesday its unanimous decision from October 23 to annul the military courts' ability to try civilians concerning the May 9 riots, according to The Nation.
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Pakistan apex court to hear intra-court pleas against military trial verdi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
It reported that on October 23, the Supreme Court (SC) announced its verdict by 4-1 in pleas against civilian trials in the military courts. The PTI chairman and others moved the top court to challenge the military trial of civilians named in the May 9 riots triggered by the arrest of Pakist
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Pak: PPP leader Rabbani calls senate resolution on military trial of civil
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan's upper house of parliament passed a motion against the Supreme court's verdict on civilians trial in the military courts, calling for halting implementation of the judgement "unless it is considered by a larger bench". The resolution backs the military trial of civilians arrested i
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Pakistan: Sindh caretaker CM denies filing plea against SC verdict on mili
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On October 23, the Supreme Court (SC) announced its verdict by 4-1 in pleas against civilian trials in the military courts. The PTI chairman and others moved the top court challenging the military trial of civilians named in the May 09 riots triggered by the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insa
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Will not allow Army to take "illegal steps": Pakistan's Chief Justice on m
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, emphasized on Thursday that the armed forces will not be permitted to take any actions that violate the Constitution as a six-judge bench heard a set of petitions challenging the trials of civilians in military courts, ARY News reported.
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