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CJP summons meeting to speed up pending terrorism trials
Published: December 18, 2014
Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk. PHOTO: APP
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk on Thurdsay announced to convene a meeting of judges of all high courts in the country to speed up trials of those on death row pending before anti-terrorism courts.
The decision comes a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif decided to lift a ban on death penalty in terrorism cases.
Speaking to lawyers of the Peshawar High Court, many of whom have lost loved ones in the attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, the CJP offered prayers for the departed souls and injured students.
“The attack on the Army Public School is a national tragedy,” he said.
“Peshawar is like my own home, upon hearing the news, I had to visit the city and meet the wounded,” he said.
Published: December 18, 2014
Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk. PHOTO: APP
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk on Thurdsay announced to convene a meeting of judges of all high courts in the country to speed up trials of those on death row pending before anti-terrorism courts.
The decision comes a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif decided to lift a ban on death penalty in terrorism cases.
Speaking to lawyers of the Peshawar High Court, many of whom have lost loved ones in the attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, the CJP offered prayers for the departed souls and injured students.
“The attack on the Army Public School is a national tragedy,” he said.
“Peshawar is like my own home, upon hearing the news, I had to visit the city and meet the wounded,” he said.