A lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has introduced legislation in Pakistan’s parliament that, if passed, would criminalize criticism of the country’s military, Reuters reported earlier today.
According to the report, the parliamentarian, Amjad Ali Khan, the head of the parliamentary standing committee on defense, said that the purpose of the amendment was “to prevent hatred and disrespectful behavior against the Armed Forces.” The amendment provides for jail time for any individual who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames” the country’s military, the report noted.
The latest move by a PTI member once again suggests that the Khan government is doing the powerful army’s bidding in Pakistan.
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PTI lobbied for it . You can't runaway from this one