Tag: pakistan law
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Couples will have to testify their belief in the finality of Prophethood (PBUH) before marriage: Punjab cabinet
The Punjab cabinet has approved an amendment to the West Pakistan Rules under Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 and has included a new clause according to which couples planning to marry would have to take oath at the moment of nikkah to testify to their belief in the finality of Prophethood (PBUH). The amendment was…
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Police arrest four accused of ‘blasphemy’ after argument with Imam
Police have arrested four men charged with blasphemy in the village of Khodi Khushal Singh after an argument with a religious cleric (Imam), a local police official Faryad reported to Al Jazeera. The initial police report says that men, who were Muslim, argued with the cleric after he refused to make a funeral announcement for…
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Chemical castration removed from criminal law amendment, announces PTI’s Maleeka Bokhari
In a press conference on Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) parliamentary secretary on law Maleeka Bokhari announced that the bill passed on the chemical castration of rapists has been revoked. “We have amended the criminal law and decided that the chemical castration clause will be taken out,” said Bokhari. She said the decision was taken after…
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Lahore police book Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman for sexual assault
An FIR (first information report) has been registered against Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman at Lahore’s North Cantt Police Station. Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman’s video went viral on social media in which he can be allegedly seen sexually assaulting one of his students. The victim got admission to the Jamia Manzoorul Islamia in 2013, as per the FIR. The victim…