ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has promulgated the Protection of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance 2014, which is designed to fight terrorism and lawlessness in Karachi and other restive parts of the country and deal with the missing persons issues.
In the ordinance, a new clause has been added besides other amendments according to which combatant enemy means any person who raises arms against Pakistan‚ its citizens‚ the Armed Forces or Civil Armed Forces or aids or abets the raising of arms or waging of war against Pakistan or threatens the security and integrity of Pakistan.
The ordinance states that the government may authorize detention of a person, if in the opinion of the government‚ is acting in a manner prejudicial to the integrity‚ security and defense of Pakistan.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan said that it would examine the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (Amended) 2014 in the light of law, which the government said was meant to curb terrorism and crimes falling in the scheduled offence and to deal with the missing persons cases.
