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| India-Pakistan |
| SC stays military courts executions |
| 2015-04-17 |
| [DAWN] The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a stay of execution of six hard boyz convicted by military courts, after a petition seeking a halt to the implementation of death sentences awarded by military courts was filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday. "The execution of military courts' death sentences, those which have already been awarded and those which will be awarded, is suspended," Chief Justice Nasir ul Mulk told the Supreme Court. Those convicted by military courts could appeal against their sentences, he added. The apex court also issued a notice to Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt with regards to its order. The petition -- which was filed by human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... activist Asma Jehangir on behalf of the SCBA -- requested the SC to halt the implementation of death sentences awarded by military courts until a 17-judge full court took up challenges pertaining to the 21st constitutional amendment, especially the establishment of military courts. |
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