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| Bill being drafted to declare enforced disappearance criminal offence: Mazari |
| 2019-01-30 |
| [DAWN] Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday said her ministry has drafted a bill that amends the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) to declare ’enforced disappearances’ a criminal offence. So... there's no law in Pakistain against causing someone to disappear? The draft has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders and sent to the law ministry. "We are committed to ensuring rule of law and protection of fundamental rights of our citizens guaranteed in the Constitution. Moreover, the ministry has constituted a committee, comprising ministers for interior, law and justice and human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... , to look into the procedural delays and flaws in the existing system of pardon and mercy petitions. "In this regard, we have prepared reforms and the summary has been forwarded to the cabinet for consideration of proposals to shorten the procedure of mercy petition," Dr Mazari said. |
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