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| India-Pakistan |
| Back to the CII? |
| 2016-02-04 |
| [DAWN] THE chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Mohammad Khan Sherani, has indicated the CCI was ready to review Section 295C of the Pakistain Penal Code if it received a request from the government. This statement comes at a time when a committee appointed by the federal government is already working on law reforms for the past one year or so. By now, we all know that Section 295C in its existing form is prone to abuse and has led to serious miscarriage of justice in thousands of cases. Thus some significant changes to the substantive law, if not its outright repeal, and procedural aspects would only be reasonable. The basic question is whether there is any justification to refer back the question of blasphemy to the CII when all available evidence points to the need for some obvious reform. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Isn't criticizing the blasphemy law blasphemy? ' Catch-22. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-04 11:06 |