ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister for Law and Justice Nazir Tarar has revealed that the Prevention of Violent Extremism Bill – which seeks to “prevent” violent extremism and prevent any organization from contesting elections if it is extremist. Fasandi Sahara Hailleg – was drafted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. The News reported that the Insaf (PTI) government has placed every clause, full stop, and comma by the party government itself.
“However, the current government has decided against introducing the bill,” he said.
Tarr further said that the Prime Minister also emphasized not to pass this type of legislation in haste.
In 2018, the minister said, there was an agreement among all political parties that the next elections would be held on the basis of the new census.
“If the Council of Common Interests approves the census, the constituencies within the provinces can be changed, which will take one to one-and-a-half months for the Election Commission of Pakistan, but there is no possibility of delaying the elections indefinitely. “Not likely,” he added.
Chairman Senate ‘dropped’ the strongly opposed bill.
Meanwhile, the aforementioned bill was dropped by Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Sunday and stopped from further action following opposition from senators who believed it would have significant and far-reaching implications for political parties. can.
The Senate chairman said the government could reconsider its position on the bill, but chose to ‘drop’ it for now.
This decision came after opposition not only from PTI senators but also from members of the ruling coalition, including Senator Irfan Siddiqui of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and Balochistan National Party. Senator Tahir Bizenjo is involved.
Senators complained that such decisions are taken only at the behest of two political parties Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muslim League (N) without any consultation.
He also described the bill as “dangerous to democracy” while explaining the reason for his opposition.
Senators said the main reason for opposing the bill was that it was being introduced to target a specific political party but would be weaponized against others in the future.
The senators said such legislation would not be remembered well in history and would harm democracy and democratic values in the country.
Bill’s future is far from over at this point. After the bill was rejected by the Senate Chairman, the passage of the bill seems unlikely and it is unlikely to be introduced again.
If the government intends to reintroduce it, it will have to take the coalition leadership and parties into confidence.
Prevention of Violent Extremism Bill
According to the draft bill, violent extremism refers to inciting, advocating, threatening and resorting to violence and hostility on account of political, religious and communal as well as ideological beliefs, including by a scheduled individual or organization involved in violence. including providing financing and protection. Extremism – All this is prohibited by law.
“…the State is committed to strengthening legal mechanisms to counter the promotion and propagation of acts of violent extremism and to provide mechanisms for the de-radicalisation and rehabilitation of victims,” the draft bill, which A copy is available. With JEE News, reads.
It added that it is important to provide a mechanism for countering violent extremism and related and related matters.
After the bill is passed, the government can add a person or organization to lists 1 and 2 of violent extremism.
