Military courts in Pakistan unconstitutional: Former CJ

Islamabad, Dec 30: Former Pakistan chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Tuesday said establishing military courts in the country to try terror suspects is unconstitutional. The former chief justice was speaking to media representatives in the federal capital, Dawn online reported. “Military courts are illegal and unconstitutional. The basic structure of the constitution guarantees an independent judiciary, and military courts cannot be established in the presence of an independent judiciary,” Chaudhry said.