Islamabad, July 18, 2023 (PPI-OT): Taking cognizance of the 9th May incidents in all over the Pakistan, the standing committee on Interior summoned the Inspector General of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to submit a detailed report on injured police officials. The DIG Punjab Police apprised the Standing Committee that there were 169 Police Officers who were injured during the attacks, 13 army installations were attacked and 19 government buildings were besieged. However, the Punjab Government has awarded Rs. 82,84,000 as cash awards to 169 injured police officials.
The Committee lauded the Punjab police and issued displeasure notice to all the Information Secretaries of Provinces and to the Federal Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for not telecasting the government narrative on the incident. Moreover, the committee directed that government narrative should be displayed on every television multiple time. The Committee directed to issue appreciation letters and recommended the Police Officials for Sitara-e-Imtiaz and other awards for their services to prevent acceleration of the grave circumstances. Nevertheless, the Committee expressed displeasure on the absence of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police Officials in the meeting.
On the bill “The Acid and Burn Crime Bill, 2022 (moved by Dr. Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto, MNA)”; The Committee recommended that rehabilitation, legal and medical facilitation for the victim should be free of cost. Moreover, protection of the witness should be ensured and Prosecution department should be added into the committee of Acid Burn Victims. A nominee of Chief Justice from the High Courts should be added with the recommendations of Chief Justice. The Committee passed the bill with mentioned amendments.
On the bill “The Criminal Laws (Amendment), Bill 2020, (Section 297) (Moved by Choudhary Faqir Ahmad, MNA)”; the mover proposed the following amendments: fine amount should be 2 million and imprisonment should be maximum 7 years. In addition to that, the committee proposed life imprisonment on sexual assault on dead corpse. On the bill “The Pakistan Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Section 17) (Moved by Mr. Qadir Khan Mandokhail, MNA); The Committee recommended that domicile should be on the basis of the permanent address.
On the bill “The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (Section 320) (Moved by Mr. Qadir Khan Mandokhail, MNA); The committee recommended that case of Road accidents should be non-bailable and the matter should be taken up by Ministry of Law and Justice and Interior in the next meeting. Directed the concerned Ministries to submit reports on the matter.
On the bills “The Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Bill, 2022 (Government Bill) and The Islamabad Capital Territory Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Bill, 2022 (Government Bill)” the committee expressed extreme displeasure over the unpreparedness of Ministry of Interior Official and directed to submit detail reports on the bills in the next meeting.
The meeting was attended by Mr Ahmed Hussain Deharr, Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan, Mr. Sajid Mehdi, Syed Agha Rafiullah, Mr. Usama Qadir, Mr. Nawab Sher, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti, Ms. Asiya Azeem, Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai, Dr. Mehreen Razzaq Bhutto, Choudhary Faqir Ahmed, Mr. Qadir Khan Mandokhail, Ms. Aliya Kamran and Senior Government Officials.
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