Malala attack case to be heard in military court
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to refer two high profile terror cases to military courts for the speedy trial of suspects involved.
The first case is the attack on Nobel Peace Award winner, child activist Malala Yousafzai, which would be heard at a military court in Peshawar when it formally starts functioning.
“Formalities are being processed by legal experts at the Federal Law Ministry…the case will soon be sent from an anti-terrorism court to a military court,” a federal government source told Dawn.com.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had attacked Malala in 2012 as she was returning from her school in the Mingora town of Swat valley.
She survived after being airlifted to Britain for treatment and recovered from her life-threatening wounds.
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The other high profile case is the terrorist attack on mountaineers in June 2013 at the Nanga Parbat base camp, which would also be referred to a military court in Gilgit.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday gave approval for the establishment of military courts in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Read also Gunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in Nanga Parbat
Gunmen dressed as paramilitary police had killed ten mountaineers in the attack.
The night-time raid - which killed five Ukrainians, three Chinese and a Russian - was among the worst attacks on foreigners in Pakistan in a decade.
