Altruist
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Military Courts in Pakistan — A Sham Justice System Built on Selective Accountability
Pakistan’s military courts are nothing more than a legal façade, designed to victimize dissenters and vindicate those who align with the establishment. These courts, often defended under the guise of national security, have never dared to prosecute those truly responsible for undermining the state—those who have abrogated the Constitution or plundered the nation’s wealth from within.
Why have these courts not summoned or tried military elites like General Qamar Javed Bajwa or General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income? Why are those from the military, whose names appeared in Pandora Papers, which exposed their offshore financial empires, exempt from scrutiny?
If these military courts claim to deliver justice, where is the justice for the people robbed blind by those in uniform? When will accountability reach the barracks and cantonments?
The narrative around May 9 has been weaponized to silence critics and justify the iron-fist response. But let’s be clear—manufactured chaos cannot be a blank check for suppressing opposition or denying fundamental rights. Nor should verdicts rubber-stamped by compromised judges—handpicked to launder the sins of the establishment and their political proxies—be treated as legitimate.
The hypocrisy is staggering. While political opponents are dragged through courts and jails, those in uniform who sell state secrets, manipulate elections, and launder public wealth abroad remain untouchable. This is not justice. It’s a militarized circus disguised as law.
Until Pakistan confronts the real centers of power and applies the rule of law without fear or favor, the dream of true democracy and accountability will remain just that—a dream.
Army officers or their family members (Pandora Papers)
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Pakistan’s military courts are nothing more than a legal façade, designed to victimize dissenters and vindicate those who align with the establishment. These courts, often defended under the guise of national security, have never dared to prosecute those truly responsible for undermining the state—those who have abrogated the Constitution or plundered the nation’s wealth from within.
Why have these courts not summoned or tried military elites like General Qamar Javed Bajwa or General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income? Why are those from the military, whose names appeared in Pandora Papers, which exposed their offshore financial empires, exempt from scrutiny?
If these military courts claim to deliver justice, where is the justice for the people robbed blind by those in uniform? When will accountability reach the barracks and cantonments?
The narrative around May 9 has been weaponized to silence critics and justify the iron-fist response. But let’s be clear—manufactured chaos cannot be a blank check for suppressing opposition or denying fundamental rights. Nor should verdicts rubber-stamped by compromised judges—handpicked to launder the sins of the establishment and their political proxies—be treated as legitimate.
The hypocrisy is staggering. While political opponents are dragged through courts and jails, those in uniform who sell state secrets, manipulate elections, and launder public wealth abroad remain untouchable. This is not justice. It’s a militarized circus disguised as law.
Until Pakistan confronts the real centers of power and applies the rule of law without fear or favor, the dream of true democracy and accountability will remain just that—a dream.
Army officers or their family members (Pandora Papers)
- Wife of retired Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah
- Raja Nadir Pervez, retired army officer and former minister
- Retired Maj Gen Nusrat Naeem, former ISI director general of counterintelligence
- Umar and Ahad Khattak, sons of former Pakistan Air Force chief Abbas Khattak
- Retired Lt Gen Habibullah Khan Khattak's daughter Shahnaz Sajjad Ahmad (also the sister of retired Lt Gen Ali Kuli Khan and sister-in-law of former federal minister Gohar Ayub Khan)
- Retired Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal Muzaffar’s son Muhammad Hasan Muzaffar
- Retired Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool’s son-in-law Ahsan Latif
- Retired Lt Gen Tanvir Tahir’s wife Zahra Tanvir
Revealed: List of all Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers so far
Those named include top cabinet members, ministers, media moguls, relatives of army officers and powerful businessmen.
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Mastering the Art of Stealth Wealth: Exploring the Global Real Estate Holdings of a Pakistan Army General
New York City government record proves Gen Shafaat purchased a luxurious apartment in downtown Manhattan by paying USD 1.4 million in 2012 Pakistani records indicate that General Shaffat continued to conceal his Manhattan property from Pakistani tax authorities as long as he retained
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