The teachers, led by the National Teachers Federation (NTF), demanded further amendments to the bill, claiming it fails to address their concerns and is not justifiable in the current context.
During a press conference, Lovnesh Kanwar, President of the Himachal Pradesh Bar Council addressed the media and stated that the Government of India had issued a letter on February 22, making it clear that the proposed amendments were merely suggestions and not final decisions.
Maharashtra MoS Home Yogesh Kadam assures swift action in the Pune bus rape case, refuting claims of a delayed investigation. He also highlighted the unusual nature of the case and recent legal amendments for women's safety.
Regarding a question on the weakening of democracy in the country, during an interview with Oxford Union's President Israr Khan, he said that the country was not a 200-year-old democracy and admitted that Pakistan's democracy was not the strongest at the moment but it was not the only state
Lawyers and Journalists in Pakistan have called on their federal government to repeal the recently implemented draconian PECA amendments in light of the Sindh High Court's verdict to refer the amendments to a constitutional bench.
It called for the immediate withdrawal of the Peca law which it believes was passed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in haste and termed it as "martial law for media."
The prison manual's amendments were carried out on the directives of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh, which is a step forward towards Vyavastha Parivartan.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami during the assembly budget session when amendments to its land laws were passed, said that this amendment is not the end but a beginning in land reforms and the step is towards innovation.
The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) warned of the continuation of agitation against PECA amendments even if the government was able to receive a favourable ruling from the courts. The agitation entered its second day on Thursday according to a report by Dawn.
Speaking to ANI, the JPC Chairman emphasized the committee toured the country to collect inputs before finalizing the report, which included the adoption of 25 amendments across 14 clauses.