Tag: PPO

President approves Army Act for tribal areas

Following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeal, President Mamnoon Hussain Wednesday approved the enactment of Army Act 2015 in the tribal areas of the country.

Court wants SOPs for detention under PPO

Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed provincial authorities to work out a standard operating procedure (SOP) regarding the detention of a person or suspect...

They said PPO won’t be misused…

A police constable of Islamabad Police shot and injured the landlord of his house in Saadpur village on Tuesday, and then registered a case...

Hands up in national interest!

Amid Operation Zarb-e-Azb against local and foreign terrorist outfits in North Waziristan Agency, the National Assembly on Wednesday passed a controversial anti-terror law, giving...

Govt succeeds in wooing Senate body on PPO

The PPO is not against any individual or party but it is against the enemies of the state. Other countries have also imposed strict laws to counter terrorists!

NA passes resolution extending PPO for 120 days

Zahid Hamid tells House govt ready to incorporate more amendments proposed by Opp for bill’s unanimous passage Khurshid Shah says PPO a direct attack on...

Farooq Sattar declares PPO as dictatorial law, vow to oppose it

Senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar has declared the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) as a 'dictatorial law'. Talking to journalists...

When friend of friend is a foe…

Sindh Assembly fails to condemn PPO as PPP leaves MQM in lurch on controversial anti-terror law     The provincial lawmakers from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM),...

PPO already implemented in Punjab, Sindh, Senate told

ISLAMABAD Karachi special home secretary and Punjab additional secretary on Monday told a meeting of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights that the Pakistan...

PPO moved in Senate amid Opp’s protests

Minister Zahid Hamid says bill changed considerably Raza Rabbani says govt will not allow provision to detain suspects for 90 days and powers for security...

Imran, Rasheed vow to oppose PPO

LAHORE Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad met PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday and both vowed to oppose the Pakistan Protection...

PML-N wants its men as PPO special court judges

ISLAMABAD Though the amended Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) 2014 is yet to become a law, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Lawyers Wing president has...

Human Rights Watch urges Senate to strike down ‘repressive’ PPO

Criticising the recently passed Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO), the Human Rights Watch on Friday said the law threatens basic rights and freedoms in...

PPO threatens basic human rights: HRW

NEW YORK Criticising the recently passed Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO), the Human Rights Watch on Friday said the law threatens basic human rights. Pakistan’s...

NA passes Pakistan Protection Bill in haste

MQM, PPP, PTI, JI, JUI-F join hands against bill, demand opposition be taken into confidence   The National Assembly (NA) late on Monday approved the Pakistan...

PPO gets four-month extension

The National Assembly on Thursday granted 120-day extension to the controversial Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) and Anti-Terrorism Ordinance. The bill seeking extension for the ordinances was presented by Federal Minister Zahid Hamid Khan.

Senate Opp walks out against new anti-terror law

Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada on behalf of Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights Pervaiz Rashid laid before the House the Protection of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 (Ordinance No 1 of 2014). Members belonging to opposition benches staged a token walkout from the House over the issuance of the ordinance.