TweetPakistan recently delayed the approval of a bill designed to implement the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention after lawmakers questioned several of its clauses. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs has deferred the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention … Read More

TweetIn an editorial for The Friday Times, Zulfiqar Hameed wrote that due to the changes in terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, updates must be made to Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997. A federal statute enacted in August … Read More

Experts in Pakistan recently stressed a need for the country to develop a biosafety framework and a system of proper conduct when dealing with biological materials.
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The government of Pakistan is planning to introduce a new law that will prohibit the use of biological weapons inside and outside of Pakistan, with potential punishment by death. Read More

Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist group that targets Indian interests, is reportedly seeking to acquire biological weapons from its ties with al-Qaeda. Read More