Day after Uri, Pak top judge accuses parties of backing terrorists: Report

Pakistan may have strongly denied a hand in an attack on the Uri army base in Kashmir but the country’s chief justice has blamed political parties for backing “terrorists” to further interests.

Pakistan may have strongly denied a hand in an attack on the Uri army base in Kashmir but the country’s chief justice has blamed political parties for backing “terrorists” to further interests.

Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police personnel at the army base that was attacked by militants in Uri. (PTI Photo)

In a public meeting on Monday, Pakistan’s chief justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali said courts in the Muslim-majority country were being attacked to instil fear among judges and lawyers, news channel Geo News reported.

“It is disappointing to see some political parties supporting terrorists for their own interest,” he was quoted as saying by the channel.

Channel 24 news reported that Jamali called for exposing any contact between “terrorists” and the country’s political and religious parties.

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His comments came a day after four heavily armed militants sneaked into a military base near the Line of Control and killed 18 soldiers, the worst attack on the army in years.

But according to Geo news, the country’s top judicial authority said “terrorism” flourished in Pakistan because of external powers and internal patronization. “In the Karachi and Balochistan law and order cases, I have discussed these issues,” he said, according to the channel.

Channel 24 News quoted Jamali as saying that judicial institutions in Pakistan were facing “terrorist attacks”.

Jamali also urged Pakistan’s security agencies to provide “foolproof security” to courts and judicial institutions because extremists wanted to spread “terror” by attacking the country’s courts, Ary News reported.

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