July 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The opposition uproar and walkout in the Senate on Friday marred the proceedings, as the government managed to push through five bills, taking advantage of the opposition senators’ limited presence in the House.
PPP parliamentary leader Sherry Rehman strongly agitated against the taking up of supplementary agenda and insisted the bills passed after voting on the two bills listed on the orders of the day was a bulldozed legislation, having no value.
After the question hour on the last day of the current session, the opposition opposed FATF-related the Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 when Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani sought the leave of the House to allow introduction of the bill.
Senate criminalises torture, custodial deaths
AI welcomes bill as ‘encouraging step towards longstanding campaign to criminalise torture’
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ISLAMABAD:
The Senate on Monday passed the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill, 2021 – nearly a month after the opposition rang alarms over “covert omission” of human rights bills from parliamentary agendas.
The bill was tabled by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman in February last year and was backed by Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari.
The bill stipulates that any public servant found involved in torture would face up to 10-year imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs2 million and for custodial death and sexual violence, a fine of Rs3 million along with a life imprisonment sentence.
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Daily Times Legislators told Pakistan has played a very sincere and responsible role in Afghan peace process Pakistan s land not being used against Afghanistan Political leadership says such meetings vital to evolving national consensus on important issues
July 2, 2021
An in-camera session of the parliament was held Thursday wherein Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed briefed the political leadership on external and internal security issues and regional challenges, with special focus on Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Afghanistan.
Chaired by National Assembly Security Committee Chairman and Speaker Asad Qaiser, the briefing was attended by parliamentary leadership, members of the National Assembly as well as senators, said a press release issued here. In the first session, the legislators were told that Pakistan had played a very sincere, positive and responsible role in Afghan peace process. “Pakista