Military court sentences

Three death sentence grantees from military court got stay in their sentences from Supreme court of Pakistan. The families of convicts asserted that the lawyers of their choice were denied. The military courts didn't allowed them to examine state evidences against accused. Military courts can not maintain standards of fair trial. seems like supreme court is standing in way of total compromise of constitution by military courts. But paradox is visible as supreme court itself stamped approval previously on pretext of 21st amendment. So those seeking remedy from SC can not tie higher hopes. Furthermore Peshawar high court has turned down many appeals to commute death sentences to lesser punishments, as SC has not outlined grounds for successful appeal. A sunset clause infers that in January parliament's reaffirmation is needed for military courts to proceed further. So its a possibility that military courts may wind up soon in case of parliament's disapproval. The ironic question for those who pushed for military courts is that in 2 years post APS attack, the price of hampering and destroying constitution worth convicting 76 people in 18 months? Alternatively with focused approach and integration of effort from different institutions, a reformed criminal justice system could have been achieved in same time period. After 2 years military court tenure due to expire, we are left with sluggish criminal justice system and host of legal issues originating from an ill-suited idea with foreseen outcomes. Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1257780/military-court-sentences