KARACHI, January 12: Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarian (PPP-P) president Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed PPP leaders to oppose the extension of military courts, sources told Geo News.
They said Zardari directed the party to take a hard stance against the military courts during the joint session of National Assembly on January 17.
Zardari instructed that the other opposition parties should also be consulted for election reforms. Sources said that PPP-P president also
held a long meeting with opposition leader Khursheed Shah.
He further directed that Dr Azra Afzal and Ayaz Soomro should submit their resignation upon returning to the country to Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq.
Azra Afzal is PPP lawmaker from NA-213 Nawabshah whereas Ayaz Soomro is a PPP MNA from NA-204 Larkana.
Both PPP leaders had presented their resignations to the party after Zardari on December 27 said that he along with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would contest elections and enter the current Parliament.
On January 6 this year, military courts expired. After hearing 274 cases and awarding 161 death sentences in a two-year-long term, special military courts set up to try terrorism suspects in Pakistan have ceased to function, the ISPR announced on Sunday. – Agencies
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