The World - News from July 27, 1987

President Zia ul-Haq, responding to recent bomb attacks in Pakistan, has created special tribunals with broad authority over cases of terrorism and other crimes, Justice Minister Wasim Sajjid said. The one-man, provincial tribunals will be allowed to deny bail and rule on any act that “in the opinion of the government is . . . shocking to public morality or has led to public outrage or created panic or an atmosphere of fear or anxiety amongst the public.” Sajjid denied that the tribunals will be used against political opponents.