NA Passes ATA Amendment, Restores 90-Day Detention Powers

NA clears ATA bill to restore 90-day detention powers

A general view of the Parliament House building in Islamabad on April 10, 2022. — ReutersISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Act Bill sailed through the National Assembly with a majority vote on Tuesday, which restored the 90-day detention powers given to the law enforcement agencies.This law...

NA passes ATA amendment, restores 90-day detention powers

Law empowers LEAs to detain suspects for up to 90 daysGovt accepts PPP's suggested changes to anti-terror billJUI-F stages walkout in protest after its amendment rejected.ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly passed the Anti-Terrorism Act ...

NA approves ATA amendment, restores 90-Day detention power amid opposition, Walkouts

ISLAMABAD : The National Assembly on Tuesday approved the Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment) Bill, re-establishing the authority for law enforcement agencies to detain suspects for up to 90 days.  The move revives a provision that previously allowed for such detention but had lapsed due to a sunset clause. The bill, introduced by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, aims to amend the Anti-terrorism Act, 1997, emphasizing the need for a str…

NA passes ATA amendments allowing 3-month ‘preventive detention’ of terror suspects - Islamabad Post

ISLAMABAD, AUG 13: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed an amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997, which reinserted powers granted to law enforcement authorities and the armed forces to detain “suspicious” individuals for up to three months. Section 11EEEE (preventive detention for inquiry) of the ATA was amended in 2014, providing the government and authorised armed forces and civil armed forces with the authority to conduct preve…