Another day, another hearing in Pakistan's endless Military Courts Case. This Dunya News article gives a verbatim account of at least some of today's proceedings. Readers are encouraged to take the time to study it; here in the glass-enclosed newsroom high above Global Military Justice Reform Plaza, the staff is debating whether a hearing in a constitutional court has ever been more blatantly political.
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Justice Hilali remarked that you have been an MNA [Member of the National Assembly] and should raise these issues in parliament.
Justice Mandokhail asked him to raise these issues in parliament. Khosa said that when he start speaking on the floor of assembly, his microphone is turned off.
Justice Hilali remarked that you pass the 26th Amendment and ask the court to declare it null and void. Khosa said they throw you out of the assembly through the Sergeant at Arms.
Justice Mandokhail asked Khosa whether he voted against the constitutional amendment. Latif Khosa replied that the PTI did not participate in the voting. The justice remarked that it was his job to oppose the amendment.
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