Civilians’ trial in military courts: SC judge questions army officer’s expertise to hand down death sentence

ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail whether an army officer possessed the enough expertise and experience to hand down a death sentence while hearing a civilians’ trial in the military courts.

A SC seven-member constitutional bench, led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, conducted the hearing. Defense Ministry’s counsel Advocate Khawaja Haris and  law officer appeared…