ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan to address the concerns of the families of the May 9 suspects who said that they haven’t been able to meet the prisoners.
The order came during the hearing on the intra-court petitions filed against civilians’ trials in military courts who were involved in the May 9 incidents last year.
A seven-member bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin and comprising Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, presided over the hearing.
“The families have said that they haven’t been meeting with the prisoners. The attorney general should address these complaints,” said the SC order.
The court then adjourned the hearing till July 11.
The apex court in May had referred the matter to and Procedure Committee for reconstitution of the bench after reservations raised against the six-member bench.
Petitioner former chief justice Jawad S Khawaja’s lawyer Khawaja Ahmad Hasan had raised an objection on the bench, saying that a larger bench should be constituted in light of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Yahya Afridi’s note.
