Pakistan Reintroduces The Repressive Anti-Terrorism Act With Preventive Detention Powers For Military, Civil Forces

The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on August 14, 2025, reintroducing the provision of preventive detention for individuals suspected of terrorism-related activities. This amendment restores Section 11EEEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), which was initially enacted in 2014 in the aftermath of the Peshawar Army Public School attack but had
The National Assembly of Pakistan has passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on August 14, 2025, reintroducing the provision of preventive detention for individuals suspected of terrorism-related activities. This amendment restores Section 11EEEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), which was initially enacted in 2014 in the aftermath of the Peshawar Army Public School attack but had
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