Allama Raja Nasir attends Zardari-led APC on military courts

Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, chief of Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, attended an All-Party Conference held under the aegis of Pakistan People’s Party where former President of Pakistan Asif Zardari chaired.

Aftab Sherpao was sitting between MWM chief Allama Jafari and JUIF chief Fazalur Rehman. Allama Raja Nasir spoke at the APC and elaborated his viewpoint against takfiri terrorism.
The APC over the issue of the extension of military courts held by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was underway at the Zardari House till the filing of this report. PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto co-chaired the APC.
At the conference, chief of Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali, and Muslim League Quaid chief Chaudhry Shujaat, Balochistan National Party chief Israrullah Zehri, Jamhoori Watan Party chief Aftab Sherpao, and a delegation from Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen and Muttahida Qaumi Movement also attended.
Sources said that the APC was trying to achieve consensus over extension of military courts and discuss a draft for the constitutional amendment. The participants will try to obtain an assurance from the Prime Minister that before the time period for military courts expire, the government should take solid steps to ensure reform in the civil judiciary system.
Earlier, parliamentarians developed consensus over extension of military courts for two years. The decision came in a parliamentary session, chaired by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, held on Tuesday in which the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) did not take part.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan has refused to attend the PPP led APC on military courts even though it has expressed its reservations over their extension. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf which had earlier attended the parliamentary session also refused to attend the APC.
The military courts set up in the aftermath of the Army Public School Attack in 2014, expired after their two-year-period in January this year. All cases being tried in the military courts were handed over to the anti-terrorism courts.
However a recent wave of terrorism in Pakistan which includes suicide attacks in Lahore and Sehwan, resumed the debate on setting up military courts for speedy trial and conviction of terrorists.