KARACHI
\nAmeer Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has rejected the defamation law, calling it a \u201cblack law\u201d passed in haste and darkness. Speaking to journalists in Karachi, he said Jamaat-e-Islami was the first party to oppose and reject the bill. He questioned the Governor of Punjab\u2019s departure from the country and the Acting Governor\u2019s signing of the bill, which he believes amounts to a ban on freedom of expression.
\nRehman accused the Muslim League-N and People\u2019s Party of being equally involved in the law\u2019s preparation, approval, and implementation. He vowed to consult with journalists, civil society, and all schools of thought to mobilize resistance against the law, which he believes is an \u201canti-human\u201d attack on the constitutional right to free speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has rejected the defamation law, calling it a \u201cblack law\u201d passed in haste and darkness. Speaking to journalists in Karachi, he said Jamaat-e-Islami was the first party to oppose and reject the bill. He questioned the Governor of Punjab\u2019s departure from the country and the Acting Governor\u2019s signing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-411856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n