Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked Interior Ministry to expedite tabling the anti-torture bill in National Assembly.
In a tweet on Thursday, the prime minister wrote that torture is unacceptable in a civilised democratic society.
I have asked Interior Ministry to expedite tabling our anti torture bill in National Assembly. Torture is unacceptable in a civilised democratic society & goes against the spirit of Islam, our constitution & our international legal commitments.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 3, 2020
“I have asked the Interior Ministry to expedite tabling our anti-torture bill in National Assembly. Torture is unacceptable in a civilized democratic society & goes against the spirit of Islam, our constitution & our international legal commitments,’ the prime minister tweeted.
In January this year, the Ministry of Human Rights said it would present a bill against torture.
Human rights minister Dr Shireen Mazari had expressed the federal government’s commitment to making the police citizen-centric and gender-sensitive by resolving legislative, infrastructural and attitudinal challenges of the police.
She had also committed to depoliticise the police by introducing a merit-based system and a modern police law replacing the 157-year-old colonial law of 1861.
Moreover, the prime minister had said that the government was especially focusing on the establishment of quality standard laboratories to promote Pakistani products at international markets.
PM Khan said the government was paying special attention to the introduction of technology and innovations in agriculture and other fields.
