Imran Khan's Should Have a Military Trial? Bilawal Bhutto's Huge Statement

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00:00In the context of 9th May, do you think Imran Khan's military trial should take place?

00:04As far as the question of military courts is concerned, the court has decided on it.

00:10Okay, and sir, in this amendment there is also a mention of a civilian's military trial.

00:16Without going into detail, I will ask you generally, what is your opinion?

00:19Should a civilian have a military trial?

00:21As far as this amendment is concerned, I would say within the wish list,

00:29there were two proposals.

00:34One, the way military courts were made earlier for blacker than black terrorists,

00:41which we made after the APS incident,

00:44and the second, with reference to the amendment of Article 8,

00:48the attacks on military installations.

00:51Now, in the general situation of the Pakistan People's Party,

00:56and the basic position has been that we are not in favour of military courts.

01:01Such situations have also arisen when the terrorist situation has reached such a serious level

01:08that even the Pakistan People's Party has been forced to support this kind of amendment post-APS.

01:17The position of the Pakistan People's Party in this whole series was that

01:23we are not in a position to vote for this kind of amendment.

01:28So, I don't think that the government therefore would have the majority necessary

01:34for a constitutional amendment as far as the military courts as they did in post-APS.

01:42As far as the attack on military installations was concerned,

01:46I was ready to back down to make a consensus with the government

01:54and I was ready to engage with the government as to what kind of protections we can put in place.

02:01But now I understand that by talking to Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman's Jama'at,

02:05by talking to Kamran Murtaza's Jama'at,

02:08who gave his personal experience that the protections we put in place were not enough

02:15and even the amendment to Article 8 at this time,

02:18in the form in which the government wanted to bring it,

02:21there is neither numbers nor political space for that.

02:25If the government really thinks that it is necessary

02:28that we should bring such legislation from the high APS military courts,

02:34then the Pakistan People's Party will demand

02:37that a joint national security meeting should be called

02:42of the National Assembly, of the Senate of Pakistan.

02:45You should brief us, you should tell us what the problems are,

02:49what operations you are doing,

02:52or what actions you are taking to combat terrorism.

02:58If you think that the military courts are very important,

03:02then they should also try to convince us

03:04and then they should try to make a consensus that this thing needs to be passed.

03:09But at this time, the amendment of the military courts or Article 8,

03:14with the reforms of the court,

03:16when you are establishing a new institution,

03:19you are strengthening the entire judicial system,

03:22at that time, this decision was not appropriate in my party's view.

03:27Sir, quickly, last two questions, thank you for your time.

03:30In the context of 9th May, do you think that Imran Khan should be the military trial?

03:35As far as Mr. Khan's own character was concerned,

03:40in the context of 9th May,

03:42his details are getting a little impression through the media,

03:46but I think the government should bring it,

03:49should bring it, should put it in front,

03:51that what is the proof?

03:52What is the proof that he directed this,

03:54so that proof should be brought forward

03:56and that proof, you know,

03:59whichever, should be brought forward legally.

04:02As far as the question of military courts is concerned,

04:05the court has decided on it.

04:07Without legislation, we cannot address this issue in that way.

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