ISLAMABAD – Following is the ful1 text of the Defamation Bill 2004 passed by the National Assembly as recommended by the Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights. A Bill to amend the defamation Ordinance, 2002 the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the […]
ISLAMABAD – Rejecting opposition’s objections, the ruling coalition on August 19 passed the controversial Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2004 in the National Assembly, Pakistan’s lower house of parliament. The bill is designed mainly to protect public figures from slander by enhanced punishment, including imprisonment of up to five years and/or a minimum fine of rupees one […]
LAHORE – MMA MP A lhsanullah Waqas Monday opÂposed ‘Punjab Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill’. He presented his point of view on the Bill before tHe Punjab AsÂsembly standing committee on Home Affairs meeting held unÂder the chairmanship of Rai . Ahsan Raza Kharal. The MP A believed that the Bill would cause increase in […]
The Commission for Peace and Human Development (CPHD) has rejected the proÂposed changes in a joint bill on Hudood and Blasphemy laws,referred by the National Assembly to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice. CPHD Executive Director said the amendments would not bring significant changes to the law. Source: The Nation Date:8/18/2004
PESHAWAR – A civil society forum has demanded repeal of the Hudood laws, saying that their enforcement has done immense injustice to people. The Joint Action Committee, which organized a one-day seminar entitled ‘Why the Hudood Ordinances must be repealed’, described the laws as man-made and not in conformity with the injunctions of Islam. Dr […]
ISLAMABAD – The government efforts to bring about significant changes in the Hudood laws to stop their abuse against women look to be in jeopardy as the Standing Committee on Law and Justice stood vividly divided on the issue on Thursday, fearing the suggested amendments may lead to negative fallout. After the failure of the […]
LAHORE – The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) plans to review the Hudood Ordinance of 1979, senior federal government officials told Daily Times on August 11. The CII holds its two-day meeting today (Thursday) and Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is likely to chair the opening session. Today’s meeting will be the first meeting of […]
ISLAMABAD – After 25 years, the government on August 11 unfolded changes suggested in the Hudood laws under which a woman accused of Zina could not be arrested by police anymore without the permission of court and only an officer of the status of Superintendent of Police (SP) will investigate charges against her. Similarly, initial […]
LAHORE – Prime Minster Ch Shujat Hussain has clarified that the defamation law was partially amended, increasing only the period of imprisonment. He was talking to reporters after inaugurating a private TV channel Business Plus in Lahore on August 3. The prime minister said if the journalists feel threatened, the government is ready to revert […]
ISLAMABAD – The government on July 30 tabled seven bills in the National Assembly. These included bills related to honour killings, treatment of injured people, attacks on mosques and other places of worship, and the protection of coastal regime and eco-system. Advisor to the Prime Minister for Women Development and Social Welfare Nelofar Bakhtiyar tabled […]
LAHORE – Hudood cases will be investigated by officers of SP rank in future. This was stated by Federal Religious Affairs Minister Ijazul Haq while talking to newsmen in Lahore on July 30. He said the government was working to improve hudood and blasphemy laws. There were problems in the implementation of these laws which […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on July 30 assured his coalition parliamentary group that any law not in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah would not be framed or enacted. He was responding to criticism by the members on the proposed draft bill on ‘honour killing’ while presiding over […]
LAHORE – The MMA has said that it has offered only conditional support to the domestic violence bill tabled by the ruling coalition’s Dr Anjum Amjad. Alliance’s MPA from Wah Cantonment, Attock, Muhammad Waqas said they opposed the involvement of police at any stage in any case lodged under the proposed law. The protection officer […]
ISLAMABAD – Scholars, civil society representatives and academics in Islamabad on July 16 called for repeal of Hudood ordinances as, according to them, these laws have brought in more oppression and injustices to women and minorities. They expressed this view at a panel discussion held under the aegis of Islamabad Cultural Forum here. A unanimous […]
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