Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan
<p class="first" id="d168639e65">The Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA) mainly governs the anti-terror legal regime of Pakistan. This paper debates that the definitional part of this statute has certain ambiguities which makes it difficult to determine a...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d168639e65">The Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA) mainly governs the anti-terror legal regime of
Pakistan. This paper debates that the definitional part of this statute has certain
ambiguities which makes it difficult to determine ambit and scope of this statute.
Consequently, the specially mandated Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) have to deal with
the question of jurisdiction first and the original trial proceeds later which makes
the basic purpose of the ATA i.e. to speedily decide the cases, futile. Even the higher
judiciary sometimes issues the ATA-based decisions with weak jurisprudential reasons.
This study postulates that only a lucid and detailed legislative amendment can end
this overuse of ATA as well as the confusions of jurisdiction and expedite trial proceedings
[Ed.].
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| spelling | doaj.art-b448661b72e64406894571e1045874182023-05-03T13:16:24ZengPluto JournalsPolicy Perspectives1812-18291812-73472019-01-0116111713610.13169/polipers.16.1.0117Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in PakistanAisha Tariq<p class="first" id="d168639e65">The Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (ATA) mainly governs the anti-terror legal regime of Pakistan. This paper debates that the definitional part of this statute has certain ambiguities which makes it difficult to determine ambit and scope of this statute. Consequently, the specially mandated Anti-Terrorism Courts (ATCs) have to deal with the question of jurisdiction first and the original trial proceeds later which makes the basic purpose of the ATA i.e. to speedily decide the cases, futile. Even the higher judiciary sometimes issues the ATA-based decisions with weak jurisprudential reasons. This study postulates that only a lucid and detailed legislative amendment can end this overuse of ATA as well as the confusions of jurisdiction and expedite trial proceedings [Ed.]. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/polipers.16.1.0117 |
| spellingShingle | Aisha Tariq Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan Policy Perspectives |
| title | Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan |
| title_full | Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan |
| title_short | Defining Terrorism: Its (Mis)Application and Implications in Pakistan |
| title_sort | defining terrorism its mis application and implications in pakistan |
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