Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) parliamentarians supported treasury members to reject by majority vote a proposed bill seeking amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure Bill 2005 (amendments in Section 401 and 417 and insertion of a new Section of 345-A), related to Karo Kari. The bill was tabled by treasury MNA Kashmala Tariq suggesting three amendments related to the issue of Wali, compoundability and the remission of sentence. The MMA parliamentarians supported the government in rejecting the bill while Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) strongly supported the bill. Heated debate took place from both the opposition and treasury. Law Minister Wasi Zafar opposed the bill calling it "un-Islamic". Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan of the Pakistan People's Party said the bill was not un-Islamic because Islam did not allow anyone involved in the killing of a human being to be absolved by taking advantage of a loophole in the law. He said those involved in the conspiracy of murder could not be absolved. Riaz Fatiana who was presiding over the proceedings sought the view of Ijazul Haq, the federal minister for religious affairs, who said that in Saudi Arabian law, the state was acting as 'Wali'. He added that he had not studied the proposed bill in detail.
Asadullah Bhutto said that feudal lords were behind Karo Kari cases. He said Islam did not allow killing in the name of honour. The MMA members staged a token walkout when the speaker did not allow them to speak on the subject. Khurshid Afgan said that women should not get more liberty than Islam allowed them. The chairperson declared that the bill stood rejected after the vote on voice count. The MMA members were among those who opposed the bill.