by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, Nov 26th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former information minister and senior PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb in a terror case registered against her last year. Neither Ms Aurangzeb nor her lawyer appeared before the court as Judge Abher Gul Khan resumed the hearing of the case. At the previous hearing, the judge had issued bailable arrest warrants for Ms Aurangzeb and ex-MNA Javed…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in Daily Morning, Oct 19, 2023The date of tabling the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB) to the Parliament remains uncertain since it has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book as it has not been tabled in the Parliament on 3 October as planned. Making a special announcement yesterday (18), Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told the Parliament that the revised ATB has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book since it…
report in The Island, Oct 15, 2023The UN Human Rights Office has raised serious concerns over two bills under consideration in the Sri Lankan Parliament – the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill. Issuing a statement, the UN Human Rights Office said the bills give the authorities a range of expansive powers and can also impose restrictions on human rights, not in line with international human rights law. The Anti-Terrorism Bill is intended…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 19, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sitting in the Parliamentary Opposition at present, has decided to vote against the proposed new Anti-Terrorism Bill when it is tabled in Parliament for debate, The Daily Morning learned. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (18), SLFP Senior Vice President, Prof. Rohana Luxman Piyadasa said that the SLFP Parliamentarians have taken a unanimous decision to vote against the said Bill. “The…
report in The Island, Apr 4, 2023The Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns over the proposed enactment of new Anti-Terrorism law. In its end of mission statement, AI Senior Director Deprose Muchena, who led the delegation said that any anti-terrorism legislation should be in line with international human rights law. The Opposition here and international organisations including International Commission of Jurists have condemned the proposed new law. Drawing attention to a number of human rights…
Report in Dawn, March 8th, 2023LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday handed down death penalty on three counts to three more accused persons each for their role in a 2021 blast near the residence of Jamatud Dawa’s chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar Town. The convicts include Samiul Haq, Uzair Akbar and Naveed Akhtar. ATC-I Presiding Judge Abhur Gul Khan awarded the death sentence to the convicts on three counts each under section 302 of Pakistan…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 19, 2022ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stressed the need on Friday for a review of the country’s anti-terrorism approach to eliminate the factors that gave rise to militancy, as he repeated the country’s call on Afghanistan to take measures not to let its soil be used for attacks on its neighbour. Bilawal held a press conference in Islamabad; the foreign minister emphasised that Pakistan would not take a…