Anti-terrorism bill introduced in Pakistan National Assembly

Source : Pakistan News

The Pakistani government introduced a stronger anti-terrorism bill in the National Assembly on Monday with bars on reviving banned groups under new names and on court bails for offences punishable with death or more than 10 years in prison. On a day the ruling Pakistan People's Party saw one of its veteran lawmakers, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, confronting it after defecting to the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N, the house also passed a toned down version of a once-controversial bill governing a defence housing authority in Islamabad, and another to set up a centre to study the impact of global...