Police Order 2002 revived amid opposition´s protest, walkout
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Amid a protest and a walkout by the opposition, the provincial assembly on Saturday passed the bill to revive the Police Order 2002 in Sindh as part of the provincial government’s bid to regain administrative control of the police force that was earlier wrested from it in the light of court orders. The House passed the Sindh (Repeal of the Police Act, 1861 and Revival of Police Order, 2002), Bill 2019 in the light of a report of a 15-member select committee, headed by Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahu and comprising members of both the government and the opposition. The opposition legislators of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Grand...