The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Control of Narcotic Substances (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2021. White Star/File
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the Control of Narcotic Substances (Sindh Amendment) Bill, 2021, making the manufacturing, selling and dispatching of methamphetamine drug, commonly known as ice or crystal, a punishable offence as a person involved in the heinous crime could get death penalty.
According to the statement of objects and reasons of the government bill, the culprits are given no punishment in trial courts as neurotoxic synthetic drugs including ice, crystal and meth were not defined in the laws.
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Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
The role of errant police personnel in facilitating kidnaping for ransom incidents dominated the proceedings in the Sindh Assembly on Friday after an opposition lawmaker drew the house’s attention towards it.
MPA Nand Kumar Goklani of the Grand Democratic Alliance, moving a call attention notice on the law and order situation, said that around 159 people were kidnapped during 2020 and most of them were released after ransom was paid. “Instead of taking action against the kidnappers, they [the police] played the role of facilitators and paid the ransom to dacoits,” he said, citing eye witness accounts by victims’ families. “Where is the writ of law that you always claim,” he asked of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government, adding that most of th
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Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
The political strife between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the ruling party in the Centre, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, deepened on Sunday, with leaders from both parties engaging in a war of words in the backdrop of another power show in Lahore by the Pakistan Democratic Movement and PPP lawmakers handing in their resignations.
Speaking on multiple occasions on the day, Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Zaidi claimed that the opposition, by holding PDM rallies, was expecting to be granted a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)-like deal, accusing the ministers from opposition parties of using resources from the national treasury for luxuries.