A petition challenging the establishment of military courts in the country was filed in the Supreme Court earlier today.
The petition stated that the amendment made in the Constitution to establish military courts in the country is against its basic structure.
The amendments for the empowerment of military courts to try civilian terror suspects were passed by the Parliament on Tuesday and these were signed by President Mamnoon Hussain into law today.
The new laws were introduced as part of the government’s 20-point National Action Plan against terrorism approved by a meeting of politicians Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif convened last week.
