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CII advises against amending law to allow public hanging
CII Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz says there is rather a need to ensure that kidnappers of children are arrested, punished
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Transgender persons’ bill: Senate panel summons CII chief to clarify objections
Calls on govt to amend law to ensure stringent punishment for human smugglers
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Abduction of a minor: Bill for public hanging sent to CII for review
Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz says meeting is scheduled for February 8
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CII urges use of ‘Blessed Friday’ instead of ‘Black Friday’
Proposes redrafting bill on transgender
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CII chief wants madrassa courses in curriculum
Dr Qibla Ayaz believes policymakers will otherwise not be able to devise appropriate policy over seminaries
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Not consulted on transgender bill, says CII chairman
Bill allows community members to get identity of their choice without chromosomes test
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CII to be made more vibrant, says Qibla Ayaz
Dr Qibla Ayaz terms democracy best way for development
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CII to wait for govt request to deliberate on bill
First session under new chairman Qibla Ayaz discusses Hindu Marriage Bill
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Bill seeking to increase women seats in CII crashes
Fails to garner sufficient support to clear committee on law and justice
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Non-Muslims entitled to follow own personal laws: CII
Council endorses enactment of Hindu, Christian marriage and divorce laws
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Top clerics, officials vying for CII top slot
Candidates separately lobbying ahead of Sherani’s retirement on December 16, 2016
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CII rejection: K-P set to table Women Protection Bill again
CM’s information adviser says bill being re-drafted
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CII sends detailed response to K-P domestic violence bill
Says most terms are vague, include men within its ambit, contradict federal laws
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CII lists reasons for rejecting K-P domestic violence bill
CII says clauses in the bill and some penalties already exist in federal laws, hence no need for drafting a new bill
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Gojra riots inquiry: Tribunal recommends revisiting blasphemy law
Tribunal seeks consensus from CII, different schools of thought on amendments
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Time to call a halt
it was time CII make some useful suggestions instead of plunging the country back to the 13th century
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Imposing one’s wishes by force is not Jihad, says Sherani
Says jihadi slogans introduced in textbooks during the Afghan war in ’80s
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Sectarian reconciliation: Counter-narrative stressed
Workshop analysed need to look inwards to identify roots of sectarianism
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Child abduction: Certain clauses of Hague Convention un-Islamic: CII
The convention is a multilateral treaty that addresses parental child abduction
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CII wants jihad verses to be taught in schools
Advisory council sees conspiracy in syllabus preparation
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CII urges inclusion of jihad verses in proposed public school curriculum
Top Islamic legislative advisory body expresses serious concerns over non-inclusion of jihad verses in proposed draft
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Allow Shia women Hajj without mehram: LHC
The petitioner says that Shia pilgrims faced discriminatory treatment at the hands of the ministry officials
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CII may finalise women protection bill on Aug 2
According to Haq, copies of the bill have been distributed among the members for discussion in the meeting
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Honour killing law likely to win CII nod
Formal announcement will be made by CII once the draft on the Honour Killing Bill 2016 is tabled in parliament
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Safeguarding women’s rights
Educated Pakistani woman has entered the 21st century, while the Maulana and the CII still live in the 14th century
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Govt unlikely to disband CII despite thumbs down by panel
Raja Zafarul Haq says CII is a constitutional body, which may need improvement
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A ray of light
It is rare for our lawmakers to tackle head on a topic of cultural sensitivity such as violence against women
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Senate panel questions legal standing of CII
Human rights committee will write to law ministry to determine council’s position
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Senate panel questions legal standing of Council of Islamic Ideology
Senator Farhatullah Babar says after statements of CII, crimes against women have increased as well as their intensity
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Pronouncing three divorces in one sitting a punishable offence, says CII official
Honour killing and other customs such as Vani are also declared un-Islam and liable to punishment in the proposed bill
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Women’s protection bill: Punjab govt accused of ‘delaying tactics’
JI leader Asadullah Bhutto said the provincial government seems least interested in removing the controversial bill
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National rights commission observing CII statement
NCHR member says it will oppose CII statements that could affect women’s rights
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Sheerani’s appointment as CII head challenged
IHC directs deputy attorney general to seek instructions from the federation
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Punjab’s attempt at protecting women
Maybe the clerics making up the CII misunderstood the brief
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Pakistanis are programmed to be sexist
The parliamentarians did not respond sensibly to sexist comments made by Khwaja Asif on the floor of the assembly
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Do we really need to disband CII?
There is no denying the fact that issues of human rights violations are rampant in the country
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CII declares honour killings as un-Islamic
Deems executive needs to implement laws instead of making new ones
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Brutal exploitation of women
In the traditional Baloch tribal society, women enjoyed far more respect than what the situation is today
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Women make their world go round
Corruption, adulteration, power outages simply pale in comparison before the monstrous women
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Women protection bill: CII ‘ignored’ opinion of its lone female member
People believe women’s problems multiplied due to CII, says Dr Samia Qazi
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50 per cent representation on CII demanded for women
PPP women activists vow not to let Council of Islamic Ideology ‘push women back into Stone Age’
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Women protection: CII tells members to finalise bill
Secretary CII Dr Ikramul Haq says proposed bill drafted as per Quranic verses and no extraneous material consulted
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#TryBeatingMeLightly: Pakistani women react to CII bill with powerful portrait series
Here's what will happen if you 'lightly beat' a modern-day woman
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Of closed minds
Council of Islamic Ideology that Mr Sherani lords over is a dinosaur way past its extinction life
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Muniba Mazari found the perfect way to respond to CII's 'light beating' proposal
UN's first woman Goodwill Ambassador to Pakistan replies to CII's proposal for women protection bill
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Is Johnny Depp CII's new ambassador? Twitter seems to think so
If you think you can get away with beating your wife because you're Johnny Depp, think again
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Disband Council of Islamic Ideology: HRCP
Commission tears into ‘model’ law .
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The warped mindset of the CII
The controlling of wives and bringing them to heel is for the collective good of society, according to the CII
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Pakistanis hit back as clerics say men can 'lightly beat' wives
"This body should be dissolved, preferably in acid," wrote one Twitter user
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CII proposes husbands be allowed to ‘lightly beat’ defying wives
CII bill proposes more curbs on women in the name of protection