Special military courts will be set up in Pakistan to fast-track terror-related cases after the President on Wednesday gave his ascent to a Bill passed by the Parliament for the purpose. The Bill, passed overwhelmingly by the National Assembly and the Senate on Tuesday, was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday and is aimed at setting up constitutionally protected military courts to try terrorists. The move came weeks after the Peshawar school massacre by the Taliban that killed 150 people.
The Parliament on Tuesday passed the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2015 as well as the Pakistan Army Act 1952 Amendment and both documents needed consent of the president to enter into the statutory books.