Pakistan's government basically told the UN human rights boss to kick rocks after he complained about giving their top military guy lifetime legal protection from any prosecution. The foreign ministry clapped back saying they're totally committed to constitutional freedoms and that the UN dude doesn't understand what's actually happening on the ground there.
Field Marshal Asim Munir got shielded from the courts through a recent parliamentary amendment that also set up a whole new federal constitutional court and stripped power away from the Supreme Court. Volker Turk from the UN warned this could wreck democracy and judicial independence since the changes let politicians mess with judges, but Islamabad called his statement completely baseless and said it's unfortunate their perspective got ignored.
Field Marshal Asim Munir got shielded from the courts through a recent parliamentary amendment that also set up a whole new federal constitutional court and stripped power away from the Supreme Court. Volker Turk from the UN warned this could wreck democracy and judicial independence since the changes let politicians mess with judges, but Islamabad called his statement completely baseless and said it's unfortunate their perspective got ignored.
