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President gives assent to resume military courts in Pakistan

By Web Desk
March 31, 2017

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday has given his assent to Constitution's 28th Amendment bill 2017.

The said bills have already got nod from the parliament. After getting signed from the President, the bills have become Act now.

Under Constitution's 28th Amendment, military courts have been extended for another two years.

The president also signed the Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Act 2017 which was presented by the government before the Senate in the wake of the Panamagate controversy last year.