ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday signed into law the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2015 as well as the Pakistan Army Act 1952 Amendment.
President signed into law the 21st Constitutional Amendment, making it applicable with immediate effect. The 21st Amendment to the constitution would provide constitutional cover to trial of offences relating to terrorism by military courts. The Senate on Tuesday had approved the 21st Constitutional Amendment as well as the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2015. Earlier on the same day, the National Assembly had passed both the bills unopposed as 247 members voted in favour of the laws.
Parliament had adopted the 21st Constitutional Amendment Bill and The Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2015 unopposed after 247 members of National Assembly along with the Senate voted in favour of the laws aimed to set up constitutionally protected military courts to try civilian terror suspects. “This bill is about military courts trying hardcore terrorists who kill Pakistanis. This is an important day for Pakistan when the nation decided that terrorists will be taken out from the roots,” he said. The Presidency received literature of the bills last night from the Parliament’s secretariat and these were tabled at the Presidency this morning. After the president’s signatures, the Law Ministry notified the official gazette of Pakistan.
Amidst a boycott by the JUI-F and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), National Assembly on Tuesday passed the 21st Constitutional Amendment by two-thirds majority for the establishment of military courts specifically to deal with the acts of terrorism in the name of religion or sect.
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