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New Delhi: The Pakistani government has proposed a law that will criminalise the criticism of the military, which has been approved by a panel of the National Assembly the lower house of the country’s parliament.
The bill, which was approved by Pakistan’s National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on 7 April, proposes to change the country’s criminal law and states that anyone who “intentionally ridicules, brings into disrepute or defames” the country’s military will undergo a two-year prison sentence or will be fined more than $3,200 (Rs 5,00,000) or both.
The bill, however, still needs majority approval in the National Assembly and the Senate (upper house) of the country’s Parliament.
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Pakistan opposition slams National Accountability Bureau in special session of Senate
Earlier, the opposition had levelled charges against the NAB of committing grave human rights violations and custodial deaths.
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(From left) PML-Nawaz chief Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan Democratic Movement chairman Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman in a rally. (File photo| AP) By ANI
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties in Pakistan hit out at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday in the Senate on the issue of its performance and process of accountability. The opposition members rejected the process of accountability as one-sided and accused the government of using it for witch-hunt of its opponents, reported Dawn.
Pak opposition slams NAB in special session of Senate ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 12:51 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 2 (ANI): The opposition parties in Pakistan hit out at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday in the Senate on the issue of its performance and process of accountability.
The opposition members rejected the process of accountability as one-sided and accused the government of using it for witch-hunt of its opponents, reported Dawn.
Earlier also the opposition had levelled charges against the NAB of committing grave human rights violations, custodial deaths, and of being used by Imran Khan s government to weaken the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).