Pakistan

No change in blasphemy law, Gilani assures Fazl

Prime minister tells JUI-F chief any legislation regarding the law would be made after proper consultation.

Express February 08, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani assured Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday that the government does not intend on amending the blasphemy law.

The prime minister talked to the JUI-F chief on the telephone, and told him that any legislation regarding the blasphemy law would be made after proper consultation with all national leaders.

However, Fazlur Rehman said the religious parties would continue their movement till the government brings in some concrete decision regarding the blasphemy law.

At the same time, he assured Gilani that a meeting of religious leaders would be called within the next 24 hours and a joint decision would then be taken.

COMMENTS (8)

SUNNY | 13 years ago | Reply ZINDABAD PPP GOVERNMENT..This is very excellent gift to people of Pakistan.

secular mullah | 13 years ago | Reply This Maulana on the day of Taseer murder was condemning the incident and on the the day of the rally was supporting Qadri and calling Taseer a blasphamer.

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IZ | 13 years ago | Reply Instead of kow-towing to Fazl, maybe Gilani should try and actually make some positive changes in the country...

Let us not digress | 13 years ago | Reply This is by far the sickest story of the day.

Mulla Toofhan | 13 years ago | Reply Mullas protesting on the streets and often destroying properties in the name of Islam is absolutely unislamic. How many mullas are really scholars of Islam, just by being a Hafiz does not qualify them to be Islamic scholar. It is nothing but a power play by the Mulla and Gang. Defending Islam by such means is not only unislamic but also a sin.

T R Khan | 13 years ago | Reply Blasphemy law's objectionable part was introduced in 1984. Before this who was protecting the high spiritual station of our Holy Prophet (saw)?

Mubarak | 13 years ago | Reply Hazrat Maulana Sahib should rest assured that we can change Islam but will not let this sacred Blasphemy law changed as mullah's bread and butter depends on it. Further more this law gives our Maulanas their street power so no compromise on this law. This law should be made eternal by another amendment to the current constitution stating that this law will be in effect whether it is civilian government or military government ruling Pakistan.

QuranVsHadith | 13 years ago | Reply what needs to happen now is that the CONSTITUTION of the country needs to say that the same punishement will be imposed on the accusers if the alegations are proven false for ANY LAW in the COUNTRY.. A BLANKET LAW

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