Islamabad (Pakistan Online) Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Jawad S. Khawaja has submitted an application t the Supreme Court against the trial of civilians in military courts.

According to private TV, the former chief justice filed a petition against the trial of civilians in military courts through lawyer Uzair Chaghatai, in which it has been argued that the trial of civilians by military courts in the presence of courts is unconstitutional. , the court has been requested to declare the trial of civilians in military courts as illegal.

Apart from the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Defence, the provincial governments of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, and Balochistan have also been made parties in the petition.