Law Minister Farooq H Naek presented the bill, which was opposed by Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam
...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-- Fazl (JUI-F) leader Senator Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi who sought deferment of the bill so that some necessary amendments could be made for making it more effective.
However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
JUI-F leaders staged a walkout when the bill was voted upon and was passed.
The bill amends the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. It now needs to be signed by
President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
to become an act.
The bill empowers government authorities to take action against elements involved in financing terrorism in Pakistain. It also allows for confiscation of property owned by financiers of terrorist elements.
Previously, the NA had unanimously passed the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2013 on Feb 20, aiming to remove shortcomings in provisions against terrorism-financing.