Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) will approach Supreme Court today (Wednesday) against the Protection of Pakistan Act 2014. A senior member of the JI has confirmed to The Express Tribune that the JI will move a petition in the apex court for declaring the PPA as illegal.
He said Taufiq Asif advocate will appear on behalf of the party and file the petition, wherein a number of the PPA sections have been challenged. “We will request the SC to strike down the whole law and the petition will be moved under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution,” he said.
Meanwhile, the superior bars have also decided to strongly oppose the PPA 2014. Talking to The Express Tribune, Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Muhammad Ramzan Chaudhry termed the PPA a ‘black law’ and urged the Supreme Court to examine this law.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 16th, 2014.
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