ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a landmark bill criminalising torture and custodial deaths.
The torture and custodial death prevention and punishment bill, moved by the PPP parliamentary leader in the upper house, was also welcomed by the treasury benches, indicating that it would sail through the National Assembly to become an act of the parliament after assent by the president.
“It is a much-needed bill. It is necessary and urgent,” Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari said when a leave was sought to introduce the bill.
The bill prescribes a punishment with imprisonment for a term not less than three years, which may extend to 10 years, and with fine, which may extend to Rs2 million, to those who commit, abet or conspire to commit torture.
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July 9, 2021
Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday demanded the government to delay the annual intermediate examinations, claiming that the students were not given proper time for preparation and teaching of courses due to Covid-19 restrictions .
Through a call of attention notice the PML-N legislators Ahsan Iqbal, Dr Darshan, Khawaja Saad Rafique raised the issue regarding announcement to take intermediate examinations on short notice, without completing the syllabus, which has caused grave concern amongst the public.
Above from politics, Ahsan Iqbal said that the United Kingdom has cancelled their examinations with a plea that equal opportunities were not provided to all students. Same is the case of Pakistan, where students from different areas were not given equal opportunities, Iqbal noted.
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