Pakistan, March 6 -- Supreme Court Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar has observed that neither the armed forces nor the military court are part of the judiciary, nor is it written in any judicial verdict that the military court is part of the judiciary.

His remarks come as a seven-member constitutional bench of the apex court - headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan - on Wednesday heard the federal government and defence ministry's pleas against the military trial of civilians as unconstitutional.

The other members of the bench were Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Mazhar, Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan.

Presenting his arguments on behalf of former offic...