ABSTRACT
Pakistan has seen gradual increase in terrorism over the past two decades. By 2013, when Nawaz Sharif was elected for a third time to government, the country was faced with the highest level of terrorism and violence ever seen in history. According to the Global Terrorism Index report, in terms of the impact of terrorism, Pakistan was ranked second in the world in 2011. In October 2013, a few months after his election to government, Nawaz Sharif promulgated the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance PPO. It was designed on the recommendations of an advisory committee set up earlier by him to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). On January 22, 2014, a second ordinance was issued to amend the 2013 Ordinance to further expand its legal scope. The chapter looks at the setup and procedure of the military courts created under the, ATA 2015.
