Controversial justice

FOLLOWING a nod from the apex court, a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) has announced its decision to sentence 25 PTI supporters to varying terms of rigorous imprisonment for their involvement in the May 9 violence last year. ISPR, the military’s media wing, has described the sentences as “an important milestone in dispensation of justice”.

On the other hand, the trial of civilians by a military court has been seen as controversial with many describing it as a travesty of justice. The...