ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) has suggested amendments to tone down what it perceives as the “cruel” Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO).
One of the proposed amendments envisages reduction in the period of detention of terror suspects by security forces, without disclosure of their whereabouts and the nature of charges against them, from 90 days to 30.
A set of amendments was presented by a four-member JUI-F delegation during a meeting with Science and Technology Minister Zahid Hamid here on Tuesday, also attended by Law Secretary Barrister Zafarullah Khan and Interior Secretary Shahid Khan.
The JUI-F delegation comprised the party’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Akram Durrani, Supreme Court Bar Association President Kamran Murtaza, Senator Hafiz Hamdullah and Qari Abdul Rashid.
