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Pakistan passes bill granting armed forces broader powers to detain terror suspects
Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment) Bill 2024 allows armed forces power to hold suspects beyond three months
Aug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025
Anti-Terrorism Act (Amendment) Bill 2024 allows armed forces power to hold suspects beyond three months
Unlike the Frontier Constabulary’s limited regional role, the new FC has a nationwide mandate and broader powers
Federal Constabulary to handle internal security, ‘riot control’, counter-terrorism and protection across Pakistan
The arrested activists will be presented before the court upon expiry of their remand
Yunus says elections could be held the week before Ramadan if political and judicial reforms make sufficient progress
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has led interim government since Sheikh Hasina fled in August 2024
