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Imran Khan's Should Have a Military Trial? Bilawal Bhutto's Huge Statement
Imran Khan's Should Have a Military Trial? Bilawal Bhutto's Huge Statement
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00:00In the context of 9th May, do you think Imran Khan's military trial should take place?
00:04As far as the question of military courts is concerned, the court has decided on it.
00:10Okay, and sir, in this amendment there is also a mention of a civilian's military trial.
00:16Without going into detail, I will ask you generally, what is your opinion?
00:19Should a civilian have a military trial?
00:21As far as this amendment is concerned, I would say within the wish list,
00:29there were two proposals.
00:34One, the way military courts were made earlier for blacker than black terrorists,
00:41which we made after the APS incident,
00:44and the second, with reference to the amendment of Article 8,
00:48the attacks on military installations.
00:51Now, in the general situation of the Pakistan People's Party,
00:56and the basic position has been that we are not in favour of military courts.
01:01Such situations have also arisen when the terrorist situation has reached such a serious level
01:08that even the Pakistan People's Party has been forced to support this kind of amendment post-APS.
01:17The position of the Pakistan People's Party in this whole series was that
01:23we are not in a position to vote for this kind of amendment.
01:28So, I don't think that the government therefore would have the majority necessary
01:34for a constitutional amendment as far as the military courts as they did in post-APS.
01:42As far as the attack on military installations was concerned,
01:46I was ready to back down to make a consensus with the government
01:54and I was ready to engage with the government as to what kind of protections we can put in place.
02:01But now I understand that by talking to Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman's Jama'at,
02:05by talking to Kamran Murtaza's Jama'at,
02:08who gave his personal experience that the protections we put in place were not enough
02:15and even the amendment to Article 8 at this time,
02:18in the form in which the government wanted to bring it,
02:21there is neither numbers nor political space for that.
02:25If the government really thinks that it is necessary
02:28that we should bring such legislation from the high APS military courts,
02:34then the Pakistan People's Party will demand
02:37that a joint national security meeting should be called
02:42of the National Assembly, of the Senate of Pakistan.
02:45You should brief us, you should tell us what the problems are,
02:49what operations you are doing,
02:52or what actions you are taking to combat terrorism.
02:58If you think that the military courts are very important,
03:02then they should also try to convince us
03:04and then they should try to make a consensus that this thing needs to be passed.
03:09But at this time, the amendment of the military courts or Article 8,
03:14with the reforms of the court,
03:16when you are establishing a new institution,
03:19you are strengthening the entire judicial system,
03:22at that time, this decision was not appropriate in my party's view.
03:27Sir, quickly, last two questions, thank you for your time.
03:30In the context of 9th May, do you think that Imran Khan should be the military trial?
03:35As far as Mr. Khan's own character was concerned,
03:40in the context of 9th May,
03:42his details are getting a little impression through the media,
03:46but I think the government should bring it,
03:49should bring it, should put it in front,
03:51that what is the proof?
03:52What is the proof that he directed this,
03:54so that proof should be brought forward
03:56and that proof, you know,
03:59whichever, should be brought forward legally.
04:02As far as the question of military courts is concerned,
04:05the court has decided on it.
04:07Without legislation, we cannot address this issue in that way.