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Fazl agrees to restoring army courts, mainstreaming Fata
[DAWN] PESHAWAR: The Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam...a Pak religious party. It is usually part of the govt, never part of the solution... -Fazl has reached an understanding with the federal government on the extension in the term of military courts and mainstreaming of Fata, said party chief  Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... here on Wednesday. "The (federal) government has accepted our conditions and we will support extension to the military courts," he told news hounds at the party’s provincial secretariat here. Mr. Fazl said the government had agreed to the condition that the role of military courts would not be confined to the holding of trial of the people involved in religious and sectarian terrorism. He said the government hadn’t ensured security of civil judges during the last two years to end dependence on military courts. "The words religious and sectarian terrorism will not be included in the draft amendment to the law for the extension of (the term of) military courts," he said. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-17 |
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