Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Military courts have providedPakistan`s lower house has passed a bill to reinstate secret military courts, despite criticism from human rights activists.
Viewpoint: How Peshawar military school massacre changed PakistanThe government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said in January it wanted to reinstate the military courts, but lacked the two-thirds majority in parliament.
Military courts were first set up as a response to the bloody 2015 attack on a military-run school by the Pakistani Taliban that killed 134 children.
One of the main arguments made in favour of military courts is that the government cannot provide adequate security to judges who preside over terrorism related cases.
The courts, which try civilians charged with terrorism offences, had a two-year mandate that expired on 7 January.
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