After the Peshawar massacre, the army decided to roll out all its canons to oppose the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) . After the All-Party Conference (APC) held on Friday, it was decided to amend the constitution in order to provide for trial of terror suspects in courts held by military officials. This amendment will be passed for a period of two long years. It shall be known as the 22nd amendment passed by the APC .
The joint declaration issued after the conference said, “The APC decided about the implementation of the National Action Plan and endorsed the proposed legislative measures, including amendments to the Pakistan Army Act to extend its jurisdiction for speedy trial of cases under specified acts and provide the constitutional cover with a sunset clause of two years from the date of enactment.” General Raheel Sharif has also cleared this misconception that this idea was mainly brainstormed by the army itself by openly saying that special courts are not the desire of the army but are the need of extraordinary times.
The creation of speedy courts is a result of the extreme pressure on the government to hang terrorists. In many instances it was proved that law officials did not have the heart of a lion. They were not ready to sacrifice the security of their family members just for the sake of hanging terrorists. After the loss of nearly a hundred school children the army has decide to break all barriers and to remove this pollution from their homeland.
The speedy courts would allow faster trials so that the terrorists could see their end as soon as possible. The speedy courts are responsible to provide justice to any individual involved in terrorist activities in the name of a sect or religion.The prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has also declared this as an act of providing sufficient impression on the enemies of the Pakistani homeland .
Opinion by Armaghan Naveed