[DAWN] In its meeting scheduled to take place on November 14, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is going to debate the subject of Pak men’s rights and their protection, CII member Sahibzada Zahid M. Qasmi told Dawn.com.In a letter written to CII Chairman Maulana Mohammad Sheerani, Qasmi, who is also the Secretary General of Pakistain Ulema Council, proposed that a bill be passed for the protection of men’s rights.
He had requested Sheerani that the subject of men's protection from women be made part of the agenda during the council’s November 14 meeting. Thereafter, debate upon the subject was included in the agenda for the forthcoming meeting.
The letter stated that "some women in Pakistain torture men, and force them out of their houses... Islam grants rights to men as well and in this society those rights are being violated."
Qasmi, who is based in Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
, requested that the council discuss the matter and make recommendations for a men's protection bill similar to one for women.
When contacted regarding his motion, Qasmi told Dawn.com that when the women protection bill was passed he was contacted by men who said that while women should be given rights as is permitted in Islam and the Pak constitution, men should also be given their due rights.
Defending men's rights, he added that "some women call their brothers, fathers and other relatives to take violent measures against their husbands. In various districts of Punjab, several cases have come forth where men's nails have been pulled out or their hands and feet have been cut off. These cases have been lodged in various cop shoppes."