Court-Martial against Terror
Pakistan
to set up military courts in wake of school massacre
Pakistan arrests suspects over school massacre - ©
Rahat Dar, EPA
Islamabad (dpa) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif said Thursday he would establish military courts to try suspected
terrorists as part of an ambitious plan to counter the threat of Taliban
insurgents and their ideology.
"Special courts headed by officers of armed forces will be established for the speedy trial of terrorists," he said in a televised address after chairing a meeting of political and military leaders.
The special courts would operate for two years, Sharif said.
The heads of almost all Pakistani political parties and military and intelligence chiefs met in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday to prepare an action plan to tackle terrorism.
The meeting came amid outrage at an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in the north-western city of Peshawar on December 16. The gunmen killed 149 people, including 136 children.
"The Peshawar atrocity has changed Pakistan, we need to eradicate the mindset of terrorism to defeat extremism and sectarianism," Sharif said after 11 hours of deliberations.
Pakistan would establish a 5,000-strong quick response force drawn from the military to counter Taliban surprise attacks like the one at the Peshawar school, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said.
Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid told dpa the meeting had approved measures not only to control militancy but also extremism, sectarianism and religious intolerance.
The plan also aims to cut financial aid to terrorists and disrupt their communication networks.
"Special courts headed by officers of armed forces will be established for the speedy trial of terrorists," he said in a televised address after chairing a meeting of political and military leaders.
The special courts would operate for two years, Sharif said.
The heads of almost all Pakistani political parties and military and intelligence chiefs met in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday to prepare an action plan to tackle terrorism.
The meeting came amid outrage at an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in the north-western city of Peshawar on December 16. The gunmen killed 149 people, including 136 children.
"The Peshawar atrocity has changed Pakistan, we need to eradicate the mindset of terrorism to defeat extremism and sectarianism," Sharif said after 11 hours of deliberations.
Pakistan would establish a 5,000-strong quick response force drawn from the military to counter Taliban surprise attacks like the one at the Peshawar school, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said.
Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid told dpa the meeting had approved measures not only to control militancy but also extremism, sectarianism and religious intolerance.
The plan also aims to cut financial aid to terrorists and disrupt their communication networks.
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