Re: ok fine, screw military courts but?
Can civilian courts not be told to expedite terrorism cases? Can judges not conduct cases via video link, or from behind screens, so as not to disclose their identities?
Isnt the govt essentially saying that our judicial system is broken, and we will not fix it. We will simply pass on the buck to the military? And if so, then isnt Altaf Hussain’s assertion correct that ‘might as well impose martial law in the country for 2 years’?
What kind of a sham democracy are we trying to run in Pakistan? And please dont say ‘one step at a time/system chalnay do’. Our politicians have no interest in letting institutions develop and right themselves, whether its judiciary, or police, or NAB, or FIA. Ruling politicians have a deep rooted interest in keeping these institutions under their thumbs. The military courts decision was because of a severe reaction from the public. It will die out eventually, and we will be back to square one, and proponents of military courts will be left to rejoice on the 50 odd hangings they achieved out of the exercise.