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Public servants \r\n14. Indemnity \r\n15. Application of other laws \r\n16. Power to make rules \r\n17. Power to frame regulations \r\n18. Removal of difficulties\r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nPUNJAB CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON COUNTERING VIOLENT \r\nEXTREMISM ACT 2025 \r\n(LIII of 2025) \r\n [25 June 2025] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the establishment of Center of Excellence on Countering Violent \r\nExtremism. \r\nIt is necessary to establish a research based Center of Excellence on Countering \r\nViolent Extremism in the Punjab to cope with severe emerging issues and \r\nchallenges rising from terrorism and subversive activities against Pakistan through \r\nnarratives of hatred, extremism, radicalization, intolerance, abusing charities, \r\nglorification of terrorism and terrorist organizations and to diagnose root causes \r\nthereof and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. \r\nBe it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nPunjab Center of Excellence on Countering Violent Extremism Act 2025. \r\n(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In the Act: \r\n(a) “Act” means the Punjab Center of Excellence on Countering Violent \r\nExtremism Act 2025; \r\n(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors established under section 5 of \r\nthe Act; \r\n(c) “Center” means the Punjab Center of Excellence on Countering \r\nViolent Extremism established under section 3 of the Act; \r\n(d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; \r\n(e) “Chief Coordination Officer” means the Chief Coordination Officer of \r\nthe Center; \r\n(f) “Countering Violent Extremism” means prohibition of the commission \r\nof violent acts, activities and beliefs to achieve ideological, religious, \r\neconomic, social or political goals leading to terrorist activities; \r\n(g) “Fund” means the Fund established under section 10 of the Act; \r\n(h) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 16 June 2025; and was assented to by Governor of the Punjab \r\non 25 June 2025; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 25 June 2025, pp. 5227-5232. \r\n3 \r\n \r\n(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or regulations made or \r\nframed under the Act; \r\n(j) “regulations” mean the regulations framed under the Act; and \r\n(k) “rules” mean the rules made under the Act. \r\n3. Establishment of the Center .– There shall be the Center to be known as \r\nthe Punjab Center of Excellence on Countering Violent Extremism. \r\n4. Powers and functions of the Center .– (1) The Centre may perform such \r\nfunctions and exercise such powers as are necessary for carrying out the purposes \r\nof the Act. \r\n (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub -section (1), the Center shall \r\nperform the following function: \r\n(a) carry out research activities for Countering Violent Extremism; \r\n(b) coordinate and prepare comprehensive strategies for \r\nCountering Violent Extremism and review them on periodical \r\nbasis; \r\n(c) develop action plans for Countering Violent Extremism and \r\nreport to the Government about implications of these plans , on \r\nperiodical basis; \r\n(d) develop and suggest draft policy to the Government to Counter \r\nViolent Extremism; \r\n(e) engage experts from the Government and non -governmental \r\norganizations for deliberations in areas related to Counter \r\nViolent Extremism; \r\n(f) provide technical and analytical support to Financial Action \r\nTask Force working groups and other organizations and \r\ndepartments of the Government in relation to crimes, \r\ninvestigation of various cases, and suggest policy \r\nrecommendations based on best practices; \r\n(g) establish operational procedures for information gathering, \r\nprocess and disseminations; \r\n(h) provide training, develop modules and other programs for \r\nsocio-economic mainstreaming of youth, women, minorities \r\nand rural communities; \r\n(i) institute fellowship for research i n the fields of preventing and \r\nCountering Violent E xtremism, online radicalization, hate \r\nspeech, disinformation, cyber propaganda and youth \r\ndelinquencies; \r\n(j) establish an information network to Counter Violent Extremism \r\nand combat terrorism; \r\n(k) organize workshops, seminars, symposia and other programs \r\nfor enhancing the capacity of various institutions in the \r\nprevention and combating extremism; \r\n4 \r\n \r\n(l) receive and collect data or information, or intelligence and \r\ndisseminate and coordinate between relevant stakeholders to \r\nanalyze threat assessments with periodical reviews to be \r\npresented to the Government for making adequate and timely \r\nefforts to Counter Violent Extremism and combat terrorism; \r\n(m) work with faith -based organizations and religious lead ers to \r\ncounter the abuse of religion by violent extremists and to \r\nprevent hate crimes; \r\n(n) work with the media to promote human rights, social cohesion \r\nand national integration as enshrined in the Preamble and \r\nArticle 2A of the Constitution of the Islamic Repu blic of \r\nPakistan; \r\n(o) carry out liaison with international entities for facilitating \r\ncooperation in areas relating to terrorism, extremism and \r\nterrorist financing issues and challenges; \r\n(p) analyze to ensure a better understanding of the contextual \r\ndrivers that ha ve tipped disaffection and radicalization into \r\nviolent extremist behavior and inform more effective conflict \r\nsensitive planning on the ground; and \r\n(q) perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the \r\nGovernment. \r\n (3) The Center shall perform its functions through the Board. \r\n5. The Board.– (1) The Government shall, by a notification in the official \r\nGazette, establish a Board of Governors for administration and management of the \r\naffairs of the Center. \r\n (2) The Board shall consist of: \r\n(a) Chief Minister, Punjab or his nominee. Chairperson \r\n(b) Minister for Home, or, in case of his \r\nabsence, an Adviser or Special Assistant \r\nto Chief Minister, to be nominated by the \r\nChief Minister. \r\nVice Chairperson \r\n(c) Minister for Higher Education, or, in case \r\nof his absence, an Adviser or Special \r\nAssistant to Chief Minister , to be \r\nnominated by the Chief Minister. \r\nMember \r\n(d) Chief Secretary, Punjab. Member \r\n(e) Secretary to the Government , Home \r\nDepartment. \r\nMember \r\n(f) Inspector General of Police, Punjab. Member \r\n(g) Secretary to the Government, Finance \r\nDepartment. \r\nMember \r\n(h) Secretary to the G overnment, Higher \r\nEducation Department. \r\nMember \r\n(i) Secretary to the Government, Law and Member \r\n5 \r\n \r\nParliamentary Affairs Department. \r\n(j) Secretary to the Government, Auqaf and \r\nReligious Affairs Department. \r\nMember \r\n(k) Deputy Inspector General of Police, \r\nCounter Terrorism Department. \r\nMember \r\n(l) Vice Chancellor of a public sector \r\nuniversity, to be nominated by the Chief \r\nMinister on the recommendations of the \r\nHigher Education Department. \r\nMember \r\n(m) Chief Coordination Officer. Member/Secretary \r\n(3) The Chairperson may co-opt any person as an expert in the relevant \r\nfield, however, such co-opted person shall not have any right to vote. \r\n(4) The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Board and in \r\ncase of his absence, the Vice Chairperson shall preside over the meeting. \r\n6. Meetings of the Board.– (1) The Board shall meet on quarterly basis in a \r\nyear. \r\n(2) Subject to the approval of the Chairperson, the Secretary of the \r\nBoard may convene a meeting of the Board at such time and place as the \r\nChairperson may deem necessary. \r\n(3) The decisions of the Board shall be taken by majority of its \r\nMembers present and voting. \r\n (4) The Secretary of the Board shall, with the approval of the \r\nChairperson, prepare the agenda , record minutes of the meeting and implement \r\nthe decisions of the Board. \r\n(5) The half of the total Members of the Board shall constitute a quorum \r\nfor the meeting. \r\n7. Powers and functions of the Board.– (1) The Board shall: \r\n(a) ensure achievement of the objectives of the Center within \r\nthe ambit of Government policies; \r\n(b) oversee the effective management of the Center and provide \r\nstrategic directions; \r\n(c) ensure efficient and effective performance of the Center and its \r\nprograms; \r\n(d) prescribe procedure for appointment, terms and conditions of \r\nservice, disciplinary matters and other service matters for the \r\nemployees of the Center under the Act; \r\n(e) approve the vision and mission statement of the Center; \r\n(f) approve the annual research priorities and program s under the \r\nCentre; \r\n(g) review and approve the annual research report of the Centre; \r\n(h) monitor organizational performance of the Center; \r\n(i) approve the financial plans and annual budget of the Center; \r\n6 \r\n \r\n(j) approve the ac ademic and research programs and service s of \r\nthe Center to ensure that it fulfills legal, regulatory and \r\naccreditation requirements; \r\n(k) constitute committees consisting of Board M embers, \r\nemployees of the Center and officers of the Government; and \r\n(l) ensure compliance to Government policies and standards and \r\nto obtain prior approval of the Government in case of any \r\ndeviation from agreed standards or procedures. \r\n(2) The Board may obtain such information from any depar tment or \r\norganization as it may consider ap propriate and the department or organization \r\nshall supply such information in such form as may be determined by the Board. \r\n8. Chief Coordination Officer.– (1) There shall be a Chief Coordination Officer \r\nof the Centre who shall be appointed by the Government from amongst the officer s \r\nof Pakistan Administrative Service or Provincial Management Service or Police \r\nService of Pakistan having BS-20 or above and he shall perform such functions and \r\nexercise such powers as may be prescribed by the regulations or delegated to him \r\nby the Board. \r\n(2) The Chief Coordination Officer shall be assisted by a Deputy \r\nCoordination Officer who shall be appointed by the Government from amongst the \r\nofficers of Pakistan Administrative Service or Provincial Management Service or \r\nPolice Service of Pakistan having BS-19 or above. \r\n(3) The Chief Coordination Officer shall be the Principal Accounting \r\nOfficer of the Center. \r\n(4) Subject to the approval of the Board, the Chief Coordination Officer \r\nshall: \r\n(a) ensure initiation, processing and completion of memorandum of \r\nunderstanding, collaboration with the donors and other \r\nstakeholders for the launch of any seminar, sympo sium, \r\nproject, research, summit and conference related to the \r\nobjectives of the Centre; \r\n(b) plan, contract and activate the databas e for the achievement of \r\nthe objectives of the Center; \r\n(c) perform any other task assigned to him by the Board; and \r\n(d) act as Chief Executive Officer of the Center and have authority \r\nover all employees of the Center. \r\n9. Appointment of officers, advisors, consultants and other employees of \r\nthe Center.– (1) The Center may employ such officers, advisors, consultants and \r\nother employees as may be necessary for efficient performance of its functions on \r\nsuch terms and conditions as may be prescribed: \r\nProvided that till the appointment s are made under sub -section (1), \r\nSecretaries to the Government, Higher Education and Home Department s, as the \r\ncase may be, shall, on the request of the Chief Coordination Officer, provide such \r\nnumber of technical support staff to the Center as may be required. \r\n7 \r\n \r\n(2) In performance of their duties, officers, advisors, co nsultants and \r\nemployees of the Center shall abide by the directions of the Chief Coordination \r\nOfficer. \r\n10. Fund.– (1) There shall a Fund to be known as the Punjab Center of \r\nExcellence on Countering Violent Extremism Fund to be administered and \r\ncontrolled by the Center in such manner as it may prescribe. \r\n(2) The Center shall meet all its expenditures for the performance of its \r\nfunctions from the Fund. \r\n(3) The Fund shall consist of: \r\n(a) grants made by Federal Government or Government, from time \r\nto time; \r\n(b) contributions and donations from individuals, local bodies , \r\ncorporations, institutions, organizations and agencies; \r\n(c) grants from any other source; and \r\n(d) income from any other source. \r\n11. Accounts and audit.– (1) There shall be a Fund account to be operated in \r\nsuch manner as the Board may determine subject to the directions, guidelines and \r\npolicies issued by the Finance Department of the Government, from time to time. \r\n (2) The Chief Coordination Officer shall prepa re annual account \r\nstatement of the Fund within thirty days of the closing of the respective financial \r\nyear. \r\n (3) The Auditor General of Pakistan shall annually audit the accounts of \r\nthe Center. \r\n12. Annual report.– (1) The Center shall, within three month s of the close of a \r\nfinancial year, submit its annual performance report to the Government through its \r\nAdministrative Department. \r\n (2) The Government shall, within three months of the receipt of the \r\nannual report from the Center, cause it to be laid in the Provincial Assembly of the \r\nPunjab. \r\n13. Public servants .- The Chairperson, Members and all employees of the \r\nCenter shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of the Act, be deemed to \r\nbe public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Paki stan Penal Code, \r\n1860 (XLV of 1860). \r\n14. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be instituted \r\nagainst any person in respect of anything which is done or intended to be done in \r\ngood faith under the Act. \r\n15. Application of other laws.- The provisions of the Act shall be in addition to, \r\nand, not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force. \r\n16. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n8 \r\n \r\n17. Power to frame regulations.– Subject to the provisions of the Act and rules \r\nmade thereunder, the Board may frame regulations for carrying out the purposes of \r\nthe Act. \r\n18. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any \r\nprovision of the Act, Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the \r\nAct, as may be necessary for the removal of such difficulty.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-0-1791:722a3d5232479dc6172ea5531487596022af0de080c5d82248bd0e7cdb8649f0", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1791, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1799, "passage_sha256": "722a3d5232479dc6172ea5531487596022af0de080c5d82248bd0e7cdb8649f0", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1791-722a3d5232479dc6" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-1791-3569:4d603421e0d660e15886818c5dde5679c06ffef5f544e91b8161f5e32c0e2ae1", "character_start": 1791, "character_end": 3569, "utf8_byte_start": 1799, "utf8_byte_end": 3621, "passage_sha256": "4d603421e0d660e15886818c5dde5679c06ffef5f544e91b8161f5e32c0e2ae1", "reader_fragment": "p-1791-3569-4d603421e0d660e1" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-3569-5325:cba33e3bd6eed9db6c1924bb8a9b88ca647e87606ea35a37af2f38a4f3378ee4", "character_start": 3569, "character_end": 5325, "utf8_byte_start": 3621, "utf8_byte_end": 5377, "passage_sha256": "cba33e3bd6eed9db6c1924bb8a9b88ca647e87606ea35a37af2f38a4f3378ee4", "reader_fragment": "p-3569-5325-cba33e3bd6eed9db" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-5325-7125:87ed1ff29eb83f93a2b19192c44cbdc16c052fc44eeb6176f761a459a727861e", "character_start": 5325, "character_end": 7125, "utf8_byte_start": 5377, "utf8_byte_end": 7179, "passage_sha256": "87ed1ff29eb83f93a2b19192c44cbdc16c052fc44eeb6176f761a459a727861e", "reader_fragment": "p-5325-7125-87ed1ff29eb83f93" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-7125-8918:2e8abcb5c02442cc32cf5f2aa8ad2ffac47c78ad2d5b4b07279fd88808309377", "character_start": 7125, "character_end": 8918, "utf8_byte_start": 7179, "utf8_byte_end": 8976, "passage_sha256": "2e8abcb5c02442cc32cf5f2aa8ad2ffac47c78ad2d5b4b07279fd88808309377", "reader_fragment": "p-7125-8918-2e8abcb5c02442cc" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-8918-10699:0ada965e5fc749b5c9cbc267b786fe1bc65e34bf818e17d1cc49292d07152638", "character_start": 8918, "character_end": 10699, "utf8_byte_start": 8976, "utf8_byte_end": 10759, "passage_sha256": "0ada965e5fc749b5c9cbc267b786fe1bc65e34bf818e17d1cc49292d07152638", "reader_fragment": "p-8918-10699-0ada965e5fc749b5" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-10699-12482:1420ff727551dba4b8e8b0458763aad67a73c5354e52e8f135a1f36e1a0e6131", "character_start": 10699, "character_end": 12482, "utf8_byte_start": 10759, "utf8_byte_end": 12546, "passage_sha256": "1420ff727551dba4b8e8b0458763aad67a73c5354e52e8f135a1f36e1a0e6131", "reader_fragment": "p-10699-12482-1420ff727551dba4" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-12482-14263:b3408165d6067240d1e1bb53dd4f84b87dc9c930d05ca6cccf032d0d4d4c5728", "character_start": 12482, "character_end": 14263, "utf8_byte_start": 12546, "utf8_byte_end": 14333, "passage_sha256": "b3408165d6067240d1e1bb53dd4f84b87dc9c930d05ca6cccf032d0d4d4c5728", "reader_fragment": "p-12482-14263-b3408165d6067240" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-d8321920fc98320b:sha256:c1c5fa487abcf28554e63d7039ffe43230ac83d024157727fcd739e14ae2f204:chars-14263-15001:7e1aaf2caecaa28ba11427306221b81c5fa2124e0112b8427a4a1fc5d626f26a", "character_start": 14263, "character_end": 15001, "utf8_byte_start": 14333, "utf8_byte_end": 15077, "passage_sha256": "7e1aaf2caecaa28ba11427306221b81c5fa2124e0112b8427a4a1fc5d626f26a", "reader_fragment": "p-14263-15001-7e1aaf2caecaa28b" } ] }