Pak parl passes tough anti-terror law amid military offensive
Amid an all-out military operation against the Taliban in North Waziristan, Pakistan’s parliament today passed a controversial anti-terror law, giving security forces unbridled powers, including shoot-at-sight suspects involved in terrorism, arson and murder.
The “Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014” empowers an official of grade 15 (Non Gazetted Officers/Junior Officers/ JCOs) and above to issue such orders.
It also allows a suspect to be kept under detention for a period of 60 days after getting judicial remand.