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.
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