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| NWFP governor signs Shariah bill for Malakand |
| 2008-10-07 |
| NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has signed the Nizam-e-Adl (Shariah) Regulation, 2008, for implementation of Islamic law in Malakand division, Daily Times learnt on Monday. It would now be sent to the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, which would approve the draft bill in consultation with the Federal Law Division. It will then be sent to the president of Pakistan for his approval, following which it will be implemented in Malakand. NWFP Law Minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah confirmed the signing of the draft, saying he had sent it to the governor before Eidul Fitr. "I have learnt from officials in the Governor's House that the governor has signed the draft," Abdullah told Daily Times. APP quoted a press release issued by the Chief Minister's Secretariat as saying that the governor signed the draft amendment bill on Monday. A high-level meeting of the provincial government, chaired by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti, had approved the proposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation on September 24. Before announcing the proposed bill, the chief minister had convened a jirga of tribal elders from Malakand and discussed the draft with them. The proposed law would replace the Shariah Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 1999, introduced during the government of Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan. |
| Posted by:Fred |