January 10, 2017 8:39 PM

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Pak govt efforts to revive military courts hit snag

The Pakistan government today failed to get the Opposition's support to revive the system of special military courts for trying militants as an all-party meeting to discuss the matter ended inconclusively.<br/><br/>A meeting of joint opposition parties was held with speaker of National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq over the issue of military courts, however it failed to reach a consensus.<br/><br/>Senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that all parties had decided to consult<br/>with their leaders over the issue.<br/><br/>Before the meeting with speaker, leader of opposition, Khursheed Shah of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), held a<br/>consultative meeting of opposition parties regarding.<br/><br/>Later, he informed media that his party was not in the favour of military courts.<br/><br/>A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday decided to start consultations with the<br/>Opposition to reintroduce the system of military courts.

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