Opposition parties to challenge Pakistan Protection Ordinance in top court | The CSS Point Blog... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday announced it will challenge the recently passed Pakistan Protection Ordinance (PPO) in the Supreme Court, Express News reported. The controversial ordinance was passed on April 7 in the National Assembly amid furore from the opposition against the bill, who termed it regressive and extra-constitutional. The law grants sweeping powers of arrest and detention to security forces.
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