ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, the Pakistani Supreme Court gave military tribunals permission to issue reserved verdicts in instances involving violence on May 9 in which the accused may be freed ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The orders issued by the highest court came about as a result of a plea made by Mansoor Usman Awan, the Attorney General for Pakistan, to be allowed to deliver the reserved verdicts during the intra-court appeals hearing related to its ruling that the civilian military trial was “null and void.”
The AGP has promised that individuals with shorter sentences will receive statutory concessions, the court stated toward the end of today’s session. However, the court’s permission to pronounce judgment is contingent upon the outcome of the appeals process.
In addition, the court ordered the AGP to provide the registrar with an implementation report on the case and requested information about the individuals who received sentences shorter than three years.
The hearing was then postponed until the fourth week of April.
Judge Muhammad Ali Mazhar told the AGP during the case hearing, “Try to release them three to four days before Eid.”
“Yes, we will try,” Awan said to the judge of the SC.
Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui, who was defending a client who was facing a military prosecution, expressed concern that the client who had been freed would be imprisoned under the 3 MPO again when he or she came out.
Before Eid, 20 people could be released, according to the AGP. “The release requires the following three stages to be completed.
