President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the Prime Minister, approved the extension of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2009 to Provincial Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) of NWFP in terms of Article 247 of the Constitution. The spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 was extended to Pata in 2002 as per provision of Article 247 of the Constitution.
The Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 has since been amended through Anti Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance 2009. The Provincial Government NWFP with the Approval of the Governor NWFP recently decided to extend the amendment Ordinance 2009 to Pata as well.-PR
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