ISLAMABAD – The Military Courts across Pakistan shut down as the termexpired today.
As per the media report, The two-year term of the military courts hasexpired on January 6, 2019, and the constitutional amendment required foranother extension could not be passed yet amid rifts among major politicalparties and the prevailing uncertain political scenario in the country.
However, the PTI has planned to pass a constitutional amendment in thePakistan and the Army Act, 1952, which requires a two-thirds majority inboth the lower and upper house of the parliament.
This implies that no new cases can be lodged with the military courts,however the courts do possess mandate to complete the ongoing cases.
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The military courts were initially established under the Constitution(Twenty- First Amendment) Act, 2015, after massacre of schoolchildren inPeshawar on December 16 in 2014 as a part of eradicating the growing tideof militancy and terrorism in the country, and for trying terroristsattached with militant outfits using the name of religion or sect.
