The attorney general for Pakistan has presented the list of 102 people under the military custody to the Supreme Court.
The AGP presented the information during hearing of multiple petitions against the trial of civilians in military courts.
A six-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and also comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Mazahar Naqvi and Justice Ayesha Malik is conducting the hearing.
The AGP’s told the court that the 102 people under the military’s custody were involved in attacks on military installations, alleging that seven of them were involved in the attack on the GHQ, three attacked the army institute, 27 attacked the Lahore Corps Commander House, four were involved in attacking the Multan garrison, and 10 Gujranwala garrison.
Moreover, he told the court, eight of the suspects were involved in the attack on the ISI office in Faisalabad, five for the Mianwali base, 14 in the Chakdara attack, seven Punjab Regiment Center in Mardan, while three were involved in the attack on the Abbottabad garrison and 10 on the Bannu Garrison.
The AGP further told the court that the suspects were arrested on identification through CCTV cameras and other evidence.
Earlier, the petitioner’s lawyer said his client did not want chief justice to be affixed with his name. at this, the CJP said that was why he was respected.
The CJP said Faisal Siddiqui had demanded a full court on the matter, Chief Justice
Petitioner former chief justice Jawad S Khawaja’s counsel told the court that his client wants to be treated as a common citizen.
CJP Bandial said Khawaja’s constitutional petition is non-political.
