ISLAMABAD-
Pakistan Protection Bill was approved by the National Assembly on Wednesday, PTV news reported.
Minister for Science and Technology Zahid Khan presented the bill in the lower house.\
National Assembly members from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) did not participate in the approval process while MNAs from Jamat-e-Islami voted against the bill. JI said that the bill violates the Articles 8 and 10 of the Constitution.
Senate approved the bill on Monday.
The bill on approval has now become a law and will now be implemented for a period of two years.
Law enforcement and security institutions will be granted additional powers to shoot a criminal or terrorist suspect or detain him for 90 days.
The detention centres would be under the supervision of the court and those killed as a result of this law would receive a judicial inquiry.
