Punjab circulates ordinance allowing four loudspeakers at mosques: report

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LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday circulated the Punjab Sound Systems (Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, under which four external sound systems (loudspeakers) are allowed at the places of worship (mosques) in the province, as reported a local media outlet.

The Punjab government had decided to make amendments in the law early this year to appease the religious circles who were greatly annoyed with the Pakistan Muslime League-Nawaz (PML-N) for the change of words of the oath of parliamentarians introduced by amending the Elections Reforms Act.

By doing this the Punjab govt has amended the Punjab Sound Systems Regulation Act, 2015 that was a part of a set of five laws the Punjab government had introduced to curb extremism and terrorism as a part of the National Action Plan announced in the aftermath of the Peshawar Army Public School attack.

The purpose of the Punjab Sound Systems (Regulation) Act 2015 law was “to prevent public nuisance and the voicing of utterances of controversial nature likely to cause public disorder, to regulate, control and prohibit the use of certain sound systems in the province in the interest of environment, public order, decency, and to guard against incitement to terrorism or the commission of any offence.”

 

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