Caretaker govt approves May 9 cases' trial in jails

Caretaker govt approves May 9 cases' trial in jails

Pakistan

These have been sanctioned under ATA

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – The caretaker government of Punjab has given approval for holding trial of May 9 perpetrators in jail. 

Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi approved the trial of the cases in jails. The Punjab IGP sent a summary to the chief minister according to which 35 cases registered in various districts including Lahore, Rawalpindi, Attock, Sargodha and Faisalabad will be tried in jails. 

The anti-terrorism courts of Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad will conduct trials on the basis of FIRs in jails.  

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The jail trials in these cases were sanctioned under Section 21, Sub-Clause 2B of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.