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KP amends controversial law on lawmakers’ privileges

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KP amends controversial law on lawmakers’ privileges
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• Provisions for lifetime blue passport scrapped; number of lifetime arms licences for MPAs reduced to four • Assembly resolves to resist ‘proposed takeover’ of Hazara areas by federal government PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Friday withdrew controversial provisions from the recently enacted KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, including the issuance of official passports to lawmakers and their spouses for life. The provincial assembly had earlier in April passed the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Imm­unities and Privileges) Act, 2026, granting blue passports to members and their spouses, arms licences, blanket immunity from preventive…

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