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| Wasti condemns Hasba Bill |
| 2005-07-11 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Central) vice-president Syed Kabir Ali Wasti on Sunday condemned the proposed Hasba Bill as a Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) attempt to Talibanise society. âThe bill violates peoplesâ rights and will impose the MMAâs own interpretation of Islam,â said Wasti, about the bill being introduced by the North West Frontier Province government. He urged President Pervez Musharraf to prevent the provincial government from introducing the bill in order to save the country from the âdestructive course being pursued by the MMA.â Wasti said the bill would create religious âmohtasibsâ (ombudsmen) at the provincial district, sub-district and council level. He said these ombudsmen would be helped by a âreligious policeâ reminiscent of Chinaâs Red Guards or Iranâs Pasbans, assigned to impose a particular moral code on people in the name of promoting virtue and preventing evil. PMLâs (Central) vice-president said the Constitution allowed freedom of choice to every citizen and did not empower anyone to impose their way upon others. He said, âThe system being introduced by the MMA government is intrusive and interferes in peoplesâ personal lives.â |
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