The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has promulgated an ordinance extending certain powers of the armed forces, which were available in erstwhile FATA and PATA, while acting in aid of civil power, to the entire province. It gives wide-ranging powers to authorized officers and armed forces besides giving an interning authority to detain a suspect until the continuation of action in aid of civil power by the armed forces. The armed forces have also been empowered to occupy any property with the approval of the provincial government, and hold detainees in internment camps/
The Peshawar High court had initially scrapped the ordinance calling it unconstitutional however days later, this decision was suspended by the Supreme Court where the Chief Justice has also ordered a larger bench to listen to the case. The petitioners to the case say that the ordinance deprives the people of KP of their fundamental rights
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