PBC rejects amendments to ATA

ISLAMABAD:

The Pakistan Bar Council on Wednesday rejected amendments made in Section 11EEEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, wherein the law enforcement agencies and the armed forces are allowed to detain suspects for up to three months.

In a resolution passed by the body which met under the chairmanship of Chaudhry Tahir Nasrullah Warraich, Vice, the participants of the meeting expressed their serious concerns on the amendment and said that every individual has right and opportunity of due process of law and fair trial as enshrined in Articles 4 and 10A of the Constitution.