Islamabad:
The federal government has begun consultations on a piece of legislation to give ordinary citizens the right to appeal against litigation in military courts revealed reliable sources.
On May 7, 2025, a seven-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, by a majority judgment, maintained the military lawsuits for those charged in May 9 cases, and also restored the relevant provisions of the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 provisions that had been canceled by a SC-bench in October 2023.
The Court The decision also stated that Parliament must legislate within 45 days to ensure that ordinary citizens facing litigation are entitled to freely appeal to high courts.
Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Jawwad’s Khawaja, who is also a party to the main fall, later filed a contempt petition against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and claimed that no legislation had been passed to give the right to appeal in violation of the court decision.
A very reliable source told The Express Pakinomist that the government has now initiated consultations to give the right to appeal to civilians convicted by military courts.
According to sources, after the consultation process, the right of appeal will be introduced to the appeal of high courts. The ruling coalition now has a two -third majority in parliament.
The country’s civil and military leaders decided to refer cases of over 100 people who allegedly participated actively in attacking military installations in the wake of former Prime Minister IMRAN KHAN’s first arrest from the venue for Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9, 2023.
PTI and a number of other petitions, including ex-CJP Khawaja, turned to the Supreme Court against lawsuits against civilians in military courts and a SC Full Court on October 23, 2023 not only declared these lawsuits illegally by majority, but also canceled some provisions in the Pakistan Army Act, 1952.
