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Thursday December 26, 2024

May 9 military trials: CJP calls JCP meeting to form bench to hear citizens’ pleas

Sources said commission would consider appointment of Justice Shahid Bilal to constitutional bench

By Our Correspondent
November 30, 2024
PTI activists and supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan, clash with police during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Peshawar on May 10, 2023. — AFP
PTI activists and supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan, clash with police during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Peshawar on May 10, 2023. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi has called a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan on December 6 to constitute a constitutional bench to hear petitions relating to military trials of civilians involved in May 9, 2023, terrorism and arson cases.

Sources said on Saturday the commission would consider the appointment of Justice Shahid Bilal to the constitutional bench. The constitutional bench had approached the commission for the nomination of a new judge in place of Justice Ayesha A Malik. The commission will also consider nominations for appointments of additional judges to the Peshawar and Sindh high courts.