 The legal committee of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has observed that there has been no decrease in the registration of fake first information reports (FIRs) in blasphemy cases, despite the appointment of a senior police officer to investigate such cases. Consequently, the CII has postponed consideration on its legal committee's recommendation that had called for an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code that deals with blasphemy case investigations. The committee said that the law could not curtail registration of fake blasphemy cases since station house officers (SHO), responsible for registering FIRs in such cases, were often held hostage to the influence of local figures wishing to pursue their own agenda, sources said.
| I think what they're saying, despite the fact that not much of the above makes any sense, is that they're not going to amend the present law and/or procedures because they don't work. They're not going to replace them, but they're not going to change them, either. Silly infidels, we'd consider the appearance of large numbers of people in court at risk of their lives and property on trumped-up charges as a bug. The CII regards it as a feature. |
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