Islamabad: Pakistani Military Court was awarded five years of hard prison to the son of a major general retired for writing an important letter to the head of the current military, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, against his policy and received an extension in service.
A report published by the BBC Urdu claimed that the trial of Hasan Askari, a computer engineer, was carried out by the General Court Martial (FGCM) field in Gujranwala Cantonment in the center of Punjab.
When the defendant was rejected, his own advisor, the court gave him his lawyer.
Zafar Mehdi Askari, the father of the defendant, was a former two-star general of the Pakistani army.
Following the FGCM order, Askari shifted to a high security prison in Sahiwal.
Askari was punished by a military court for writing a letter to the head of the military, where he criticized Bajwa for his policy and received an extension in the service, besides urging him to resign from his post.
Askari also sent a copy of the letter to many serving two and three star generals.
Senior Askari said his son was detained by men in ordinary clothing, a covert reference for the content operator, last year, two days before his family knew at a local police station.
A few days later, the family received a letter, which stated that a local judge had submitted Askari to an Army commander.
Furthermore, a military court tried Askari on charges of betrayal, which was explained in FIR in an effort to serve the agenda of anti-Pakistani elements.
This case was confidentated by the military authority and only appeared when Senior Askari approached Lahore High Court, who asked him to shift his son from prison in Sahiwal to the Adala Rawalpindi handle.
The High Court issued a notification to all parties in this case, including FGCM, appearing in front of it.
The applicant also told the court that his family was stored in the dark for weeks after his son’s belief by a military court.
The retired army officer also claimed to be in the petition that his son was not allowed to fulfill his advice.
The applicant further stated that his family lived in Islamabad and would be almost impossible for Askari’s parents to visit him in prison in Sahiwal, as his mother, who was critical, undergoing dialysis three days a week.