Islamabad:
The National Assembly approved on Wednesday the Anti -Terrorism Law (amendment), 2024, granting the military and civil forces the authority to place people who face positions of terrorism under preventive detention for up to three months.
The bill was transferred by the Minister of State for the control of the interior and narcotics Chaudhry and sailed through the reading of clause by clause with a majority vote, rejecting the amendments proposed by Aliya Kamran de Jui-F while incorporated an amendment suggested by the Syed Qamar de PPP Syed.
Section 11eee of the Anti -Terrorism Law (ATA), which allows preventive detention for interrogation, was first inserted in 2014 after the attack of the public school of the army in Peshawar, but fell in 2016 due to a sunset clause. The bill reintroduces these powers, allowing detention based on credible information or reasonable suspicion to interrupt planned terrorist activities.
The legislation also establishes the formation of joint questioning equipment (JIT) comprising members of several agencies for the application of the law and intelligence to carry out comprehensive investigations and gather processable intelligence.
According to the declaration of objects and reasons, the predominant security situation “requires a solid response that goes beyond the existing legal framework” to equip the government, armed forces and civil armed forces with the authority to detain people who represent a significant threat to national security.
Previously, the Chamber adopted the motion to take the bill with 125 votes in favor and 59 against.
According to a copy of the bill, in subsection (1), the arrest of a person arrested under section 11EEEE, including detention exceeding three months, would be subject to the provisions of article 10 (safeguards on arrest and detention) of the Constitution.
The bill described an amendment to subsection (1) of clause 2 of Section 11EEEE, which says: “The Government or, when the provisions of section 4 have been invoked, the armed forces or the civil armed forces, since the case may be subject to the specific or general order of the government in this sense, during a period not exceeded for three months and after the forces of the same reason that is subject to the preventive order or Preventive order of the person’s preventive order in this regard, during a period it is not surplus of any person who has registered for the reasons. Received credible information, or a reasonable suspicion exists of your concern, for a purpose of the investigation. “
Meanwhile, in subsection 2, the following amendments were proposed: “In the subsection (2), for the condition, the following will be replaced, namely: provided that the arrest warrant has issued the arrest warrant or the police officer, the police forces, the intelligence forces, the civil forces, the civil forces, the civil forces, the civil forces, the civil forces, the civil forces, the civil forces. Subsection (2a), the following will be replaced, namely: (2a) the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) will remain in force for a three -year period from the beginning of the Anti -Terrorist Law (amendment), 2025. “
The bill also incorporated an amendment to subsection 2 Section 11EEE (preventive detention for research) of the ATA that would grant the Armed Forces or the Civil Armed Forces the power to arrest a “suspicious person” for three months.
The amendment was moved by PPP MNA Naveed Qamar. “In clause 2, in paragraph (a), in section 11eeee, in the proposed subsection (1), since the expression ‘has presented a reasonable complaint or credible information has been received, or there is a reasonable suspicion’, the expression ‘exists enough’
The law minister, Azam Nazeer, tarar, said in the Chamber that this law would only be used in specific situations.
“A clause is added to the bill that indicates that there are solid reasons for the arrest,” Tarar said. “The arrested person will have to appear before a magistrate within 24 hours [and] A clause has also been included to be executable for a specific period. “
In reaction to the approval of the motion to amend the ATA, the president of the PTI, the lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, said that a similar law was previously brought and described it as a violation of the “fundamental human rights.”
“The Supreme Court said these laws were contrary to fundamental rights,” Gohar said. “You can’t touch a single person in the world without a solid reason.”
The senior leader of PTI and former president of Na, Asad Qaiser, assaulted the bill and rejected it in his speech.
“A new legislation has been approved, where it can be kept in prison for months without permission,” he said. “These laws can be misused and will go to political opponents.”
Qaiser declared that he only wanted peace and commerce in the country, warning that the Constitution was being “destroyed.”
The chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, regretted that Pakistan’s anti-terrorism legislation against corruption and poor management made each citizen “be” inherently criminal criminal “.
“A person is first arrested and then shows that there is no place for such legislation in the world,” he said.
“Terrorism has not stopped. I can’t even return to my people now,” he added.
“A guest in our area was told that extremists have control outside. The legislation has not made any difference, since this Parliament does not matter. They create signal -based laws.”
Two other bills were also approved, the bill of the National School of Public Policy (amendment), 2025, and the Petroleum Law Project (amendment), 2025. These were transferred by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry and Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz, respectively.
On the eve of the 78th Independence Day of Pakistan, the National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution that reaffirms its commitment to safeguard sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of the country.
Moved by Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on behalf of all parliamentary parties, the resolution paid tribute to the struggle and sacrifices of the ancestors of the nation under Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, culminating in the creation of an independent state on August 14, 1947.
The house recognized the importance of Markaa-E-HAQ, a “glorious victory” of the brave armed forces of Pakistan in repelling the unpaved Indian aggression, as well as the courage and professionalism of security devices and civil heroes. He also recognized the unity and resistance of the people of Pakistan and paid tribute to the martyrs and Ghazis.
Reaffirming Pakistan’s resolution to seek peace and friendly relations with all the neighbors based on equality, mutual respect and non -interference, the resolution promised to defend the country’s sovereignty against any aggression and asked all citizens who work collectively by the Pakistan, prosperity and progress unity.
