Pakistan's National Assembly passes bill proposing up to 3 years in jail for disclosing identities of intelligence officials

Pakistan's National Assembly passes bill proposing up to 3 years in jail for disclosing identities of intelligence officials

Pakistan's National Assembly passes bill proposing up to 3 years in jail for disclosing identities of intelligence officials Pakistan’s National Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill making changes in the hundred-year-old colonial-era law to award up to three years imprisonment for disclosing the identity of members of intelligence agencies, informants or sources.The “Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill, 2023” was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minis…

NA passes bill proposing up to 3 years in jail for disclosing identities of intelligence officials, others

If Official Secrets bill clears Senate, it will allow agencies to "search any person or place, without warrant, and if necessary, by use of force" over mere suspicion.