ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has recommended amendments to the Anti-Smuggling Act, 1977 and has said that there are defects in it which should be removed.
The Supreme Court has sent the Anti-Trafficking Act 1977 to Parliament for review, in which the Supreme Court has said that the Anti-Trafficking Act is full of defects. This means that the Anti-Trafficking Act continues to benefit the accused.
The Supreme Court has said that the ANF filed a complaint in 1998 that a person named Ubaid Khan had made property through smuggling. The role of the ANF in the Anti-Smuggling Act is only that of an informant to the Special Judge. After the matter remains between the judge and the accused, the role of the complainant ceases after reporting to the judge under the Anti-Trafficking Act. .
The Supreme Court has said that no right of appeal has been given to the ANF or the state in the Anti-Trafficking Act, but the right to appeal is only to the affected party i.e. the accused. Excluded, states and governments around the world have been given a right of appeal in anti-trafficking laws, it would be appropriate for Parliament to review the law to give the state a right of appeal.
