Date: 29 Dec 2010
EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN PAKISTAN, LAND OF MOHAMMED\\\\\\\\\\\ PAKISTAN: LACK OF ANTITERRORISM LAWS LETS EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS\\\\\\\\\ Posted by The Himalayan Voice:\\\\\\\\\\ * Who’s responsible for our failure to punish terrorists? Everyone from fearful‚ under-protected judges to weak-willed legislators to an undertrained police force‚ it seems. But the judiciary cannot be blamed for setting what it considers reasonable requirements for conviction. The responsibility to meet such standards lies with those investigating cases and pursuing them in court‚ and those who formulate the country’s legal instruments against terror.\\\\\\\\\\ * In the midst of these issues‚ security agencies allegedly bump off suspects in extrajudicial executions. The Army is currently investigating allegations of such killings in Swat after a video surfaced on YouTube in September showing what appeared to be Pakistani soldiers gunning down six shackled‚ blindfolded men 000000000