Pakistan: High court lases out on 'role of armed forces as an arbitrator' in agreement with protesters


"Armed Forces being part of executive of the country cannot travel beyond its mandate bestowed upon it by the organic law of the country."

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Daily Dawn Pakistan
By Mohammad Imran | November 27, 2017

The Islamabad High Court on Monday lashed out at the government as well as the Army for the role assigned to the military "as the mediator" in the agreement to end the sit-in at Islamabad's Faizabad Interchange.

The army chief instead of following the orders of the chief executive became a mediator, pointed out Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui as a hearing into the Faizabad protest was underway at the high court on Monday.

"Who is the Army to adopt a mediator's role?" inquired the judge. "Where does the law assign this role to a major general?"
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In its written order, the court notes a "number of serious objections on the terms of agreement".
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