RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Saturday said that it received 12 terrorism cases from the Interior Ministry to be tried in the military courts.
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Saleem Asim Bajwa in a tweet said that initially 12 cases had been assigned to military courts and consequently legal process had started.
He said that these cases were forwarded by provincial apex committees to Interior Minister after thorough scrutiny.
He further said that the cases were then sent to Pakistan Army for trial in the military courts.
#NAP:To begin with 12 cases assigned to military courts.Legal process kicks off-2/2
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 7, 2015
Pakistan has established military courts in line with the 20-point National Action Plan (NAP) finalised by the political and military leadership of the country. In the initial phase, Pakistan Army established nine military courts to deal with terrorism cases across the country.
#NAP:Cases to be tried by mil courts forwarded by Prov Apex Cmtee to Interior Ministry,after due scrutiny further sent to Army,Received-1/2
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) February 7, 2015
Three courts each have been established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab while two courts in Sindh and one court in Balochistan.
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