A bill consisting of amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 to take action against the intentionally ridiculing armed forces has been approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior.
According to the approved bill, the person who found involved in the above said offence will be sentenced up to two years imprisonment or fine that may extend to Rs500,000, or both.
The bill, titled Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2020 introduced by PTI MNA Amjid Ali Khan, was approved by the NA committee on interior, which met here on Wednesday with MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz in the chair.
