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A national CTD?

by Mohammad Ali Babakhel in Dawn, February 20th, 2023The writer is author of Pakistan: In Between Extremism and Peace.PAKISTAN has long faced extremism, insurgency and terrorism. After 9/11, a number of legal, administrative and policy interventions were made, but despite the expanded counterterrorism (CT) apparatus, the goals have yet to be met. In practice, terrorism has interprovincial, interstate and international linkages, and so cannot be prevented or countered by provinces alone. During the last two…

Terror convict awarded bar council licence

report in The Express Tribune, Dec 25th, 2022.An advocate convicted in a terror case has been able to get his licence from Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to practice the law. As per Section 108-B(d) of The Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976, it is required for the all law graduates to submit an affidavit disclosing any past conviction in any country. The Pakistan Bar Council also prohibits any such person to be admitted…