Legal Reforms in Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 in Pakistan
Authors
- Naila Rafique, Nosheen Qayyum, Arifa Naheed Rana, Dr. Tahir Hameed Ullah Khan
Keywords:
Protection, Loophole, Kidnaping, Abduction, IFTA, Schedule.Abstract
The definition of terrorism in this Act is without adequate protection against the abuse and misuse of terrorism law. This law is also inadequate to achieve the purpose, i.e. to punish and counter the terrorism. Last decade in Pakistan, there is a loophole in present law to combat and punish the terrorist. However, this loophole is also due to political will of successive government that is not achieving terrorism law’s goal. Due to this reason, anti-terrorism law was selectively used not equally based use. The offence of kidnapping and abduction may be omitted in this clause 4 (i) Third Schedule because it can be appropriately mixed within present provisions of the ATA. Terrorist offences investigation, including interceptor or surveillance should be handled under the scheme of IFTA’s because such offences come under 2013 IFTA preview.
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