{"id":265014,"date":"2023-08-21T08:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T08:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/2023\/08\/21\/pakistans-president-refuses-to-sign-new-national-security-laws\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T08:57:01","slug":"pakistans-president-refuses-to-sign-new-national-security-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2023\/08\/pakistans-president-refuses-to-sign-new-national-security-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s president refuses to sign new national security laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news_content\">\n<p class=\"heading_small\">\n<p><p>KARACHI, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s president refuses to sign new national security laws that would give authorities more power to prosecute people for acts against the state and military, a move the law ministry said was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The bills have already been passed by both houses of Pakistan&#8217;s parliament but Alvi is a member of former prime minister Imran Khan&#8217;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which opposes the coalition government that passed the two bills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the president didn&#8217;t sign and return the bill within 10 days, it became a law,&#8221; caretaker law minister Ahmad Iran told a news conference.s it will become law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As God is my witness, I did not sign Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 &#038; Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2023 as I disagreed with these laws,&#8221; Alvi said on X, formerly known as Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArifAlvi\/status\/1693182548644647341?s=20\" target=\"_BLANK\" title=\"External site that opens in a new window\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArifAlvi\/status\/1693182548644647341?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said he had asked his staff to return the bills unsigned to the legislature within the stipulated time to make them ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However I have found out today that my staff undermined my will and command,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pakistan\u2019s constitution, if the president doesn\u2019t sign a draft bill or return it back with his observations or objections within 10 days after it has already been through the two houses, it will become law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2023\/08\/pakistans-president-refuses-to-sign-new-national-security-laws\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan&#8217;s president refuses to sign new national security laws that would give authorities more power to prosecute people for acts against the state and military, a move the law ministry said was unconstitutional. 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