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'Court can order govt to legislate against non-Muslims pretending to be Muslims in paperwork'
[DAWN] Senior lawyer and expert on law affairs Akram Sheikh on Friday told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that a constitutional court has the authority to direct the government to legislate against those non-Moslems who purposely pretend to appear Moslem on paper when they are not, DawnNewsTV reported.He was assisting the court during Friday's hearing of a petition filed by Maulana Allah Wasaya on the identification of alleged non-Moslems in government, semi-government and autonomous organizations who identify themselves as Moslems. In his remarks, IHC's Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui reiterated that more than 10,000 people have changed their religious status from Moslem to Ahmadi in their Computerised National Identity Cards. He said a majority of these people had shown themselves as Moslems in a bid to have a government job and then changed their official religious status after retirement once they reached the age of 60. Further citing a government report, he said that out of the total number of those who changed their status from Moslem to Ahmedi, more than 6,000 had left the country. The government had already been directed to produce their travel history, he added. Akram Sheikh expressed his concerns over what he called revelations regarding Ahmadis in the government's report. "Ahmadis can't be allowed to exercise Islamic rituals," he said, adding that it could hurt the religious sentiments of Moslems. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-03 |
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