A few weeks ago, a furore arose over the regime’s stated intention to push three pieces of legislation (the Municipal and District Councils and Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill and the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Bill) through parliament at one sitting.
The criticisms were sufficiently fierce, relevant and broad-based for the government to back down on the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Bill to consult further. The opposition PPP/C clearly had strong ground to argue that parliamentarians should be given sufficient time to study and consider all intended parliamentary
