Obama signs act seeking scrutiny of Haqqanis
The Secretary of State will have to file the report within 30 days.
NEW YORK:
President Obama has signed the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 into law – a move that now requires the US Secretary of State to submit a report on whether the group meets the legal criteria for being designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
The Secretary of State will have to file the report within 30 days.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2012.
President Obama has signed the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act of 2012 into law – a move that now requires the US Secretary of State to submit a report on whether the group meets the legal criteria for being designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.
The Secretary of State will have to file the report within 30 days.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 12th, 2012.