Pak to hold talks with opposition parties over military courts

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad-The Pakistan government today said it would hold fresh talks with opposition parties after former president Asif Ali Zardari extended his ‘conditional’ support to the reopening of military courts.

The government had announced to present a draft law in the Parliament at the start of this week to amend the Constitution to create military courts for another two years to try the terrorists. However, main opposition party, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Zardari had said that his party would accept military courts if they were created only for one year.

PPP today submitted nine recommendations to the government.  Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that government would examine the recommendations.  “There was consensus earlier on two years period for military courts but the PPP has suggested only one year, so we will sit with other political parties tomorrow or day after and discuss it,” he said.