Abstract
Throughout the constitutional history of Pakistan, the military being an additional unavoidable stakeholder played an inevitable role. Military’s constitutional authority and its intervention in political system were repeatedly justified on the pretext of internal and external challenges that left the civilian democratic rule tattered. This article brings to light the followings issues: necessity and constitutional authority of military courts, effects on the civilian courts and the trichotomy of powers, effects on the dispensation of justice and right to fair trial, compatibility with international and domestic standards, and suggests how to constraint military’s influential role without effectuating overall performance of military.
Keyword(s)
History, Pakistan, military, democratic rule, Military Courts