The court had stayed the scheduled executions of five death-row prisoners – convicted by a military court for a 2012 attack on an army camp in Gujrat that killed seven military officials. The convicts – Ehsan Azeem, Asif Idrees, Amir Yousaf, Kamran Aslam, and Umar Nadeem – were scheduled to be sent to the gallows in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail on Monday.
Immediately after the order, the federal government filed a review appeal against the decision.
On Tuesday, the court issued notices to the attorneys of the convicts to argue the instant application on Wednesday. Justice Arshad Mahmood Tabassum of the LHC had also directed the military authorities on Monday to provide the convicts with copies of the military court’s proceedings and judgment by Wednesday.
The court will resume hearings today.
Meanwhile, a hearing on an acquittal application filed by former federal health minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin regarding the ephedrine quota case was deferred after a member of the division bench requested recusal from the bench as he had been a trial judge in the same case at a lower court.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2014.
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@Parvez: forget EU its the present cunning, coward PML(N) goverment which does not want hanging for they fear for their lives
The EU has pressurized the government to stay the executions......and the government is wiggling this-way-and-that in order to get out of this.....classic PML-N method.
This is not about justice it is about enforcing an unjust policy. A policy that shows leniency to some whilst punishing others.
When it comes to Raymond Davis and the beloved of our Govt. its all about mercy, forgiveness & finding them away out at any cost.
The CORRUPT politicians have caused more death, suffering & injustice than anyone. Whjen will they face the full justice of the law?
@asd: This is called POLITICS.
@asd:
The federal government did not request stopping the executions. The convicts requested that the executions be stayed through their counsels which the court granted. The government then filed an appeal against the court's decision.
It would help if you'd read the article carefully.
Mercy on people, stop mercy on Terrorists.
Why? Why does it even make the slightest of sense that your federal govt would request to stop execution of convicted terrorists? Are they out of their minds?