Fair Trial Guarantees in Pakistan Face a New Test After Punjab’s Anti-Terrorism Law

Fair trial guarantees Pakistan citizens are entitled to under the Constitution just ran into a fresh legal experiment, and not everyone likes the results. The Punjab Assembly passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026 on August 31, and within days the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was warning that parts of the law sit uneasily next […]

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