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|name = Said Zaman Khan v. Federation of Pakistan<br />
|court = [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]]<br />
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|full name = Said Zaman Khan v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan Superintendent HSP, Sahiwal<br />
|date decided = {{start date and age|2016|08|29}}<br />
|citations = 2017 SCMR 1249; Civil Petition No. 842 of 2016<br />
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|judges = '''Chief Justice''' <br>[[Anwar Zaheer Jamali]]<br />
'''Justices'''<br>Amir Hani Muslim <br>Sh. Azmat Saeed<br>[[Manzoor Ahmad Malik]]<br>Faisal Arab<br />
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|decision by = Sh. Azmat Saeed<br />
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'''''Said Zaman Khan v. Federation of Pakistan''''' is a [[landmark decision]] in which the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] upheld [[death sentences]] against sixteen [[Terrorism in Pakistan|terrorists]] convicted by [[military court]]s in 2016. The accused included members of [[Militant Group|militant group]]s [[Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan]] and [[al-Qaeda]], as well as suspects involved in the [[Peshawar school massacre]] in 2014, the [[Bannu]] jailbreak in 2012, and the [[December 2009 Rawalpindi attack|Rawalpindi Parade Lane bombing]] in 2009. The decision marked the first time the Court ruled on the legality of [[military trial]]s, legalized for civilian terror suspects after the school massacre.<br />
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==Background==<br />
In the aftermath of the [[Peshawar school massacre]] on 16 December 2014, the government of [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] responded by lifting its [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on the [[death penalty]] and authorizing [[military court]]s to try civilians charged with terrorism, through the [[Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan|Twenty-first Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1155271|title=Parliament passes 21st Constitutional Amendment, Army Act Amendment|publisher=Dawn|date=6 January 2015}}</ref> Persons accused of terrorism were by field general [[court martial]] (FGCM). In the event of conviction, their [[death warrant]]s were signed by [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] General [[Raheel Sharif]] throughout 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Raheel signs death warrants for schoolchildren killers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/raheel-signs-death-warrants-for-schoolchildren-killers/article7933509.ece|accessdate=15 January 2017|work=The Hindu|agency=PTI|date=30 November 2015}}</ref><br />
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===Involvement in acts of terrorism===<br />
The terror suspects included members of [[Militant Group|militant group]]s [[Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan]] and [[al-Qaeda]], and were convicted for involvement in:<br />
*Peshawar school massacre, 16 December 2014<br />
*Bannu jailbreak, 25 April 2012<br />
*[[December 2009 Rawalpindi attack|Rawalpindi Parade Lane bombing]], 4 December 2009<br />
*[[Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Naushera]] mosque attack, 12 June 2009<br />
*Attacks on law enforcement agencies<br />
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==Before the Supreme Court of Pakistan==<br />
Relatives of the convicts filed petitions before the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]], alleging mala fide. They were represented by human rights lawyer [[Asma Jahangir]] and senior lawyer [[Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri]]. The prosecution team was led by [[Attorney-General for Pakistan]] [[Ashtar Ausaf Ali]].<br />
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==Opinion==<br />
A five judge bench comprising Chief Justice [[Anwar Zaheer Jamali]], Amir Hani Muslim, Sh. Azmat Saeed, [[Manzoor Ahmad Malik]] and Faizal Arab upheld the death sentences observing that the petitioners could not prove that the trials by the FGCM were malafide with a collateral purpose.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Supreme Court of Pakistan cases]]<br />
[[Category:2014 Peshawar school massacre]]</div>->Novem Linguae