KARACHI: The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Chairman Senator Hafiz Hamd Ullah has criticized the passing of a bill for the protection of minorities by the Pakistan People’s Party.
The senator made the comments while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Wednesday.
The PPP had recently passed a bill for the protection of minorities aimed at preventing forced conversions. The bill has received criticism from religious segments which misperceive it as un-Islamic.
These views were also expressed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Hafiz Hamd Ullah. The senator said that the passing of a bill for the protection of minorities was against Islam and the constitution.
Talking to media, he said, “On the directions of their foreign partners, the PPP passed a resolution against the Islamic Ideology Council and then passed a controversial bill on a sensitive religious issue in the name of protection of minorities for converting to Islam. Later, the PPP provincial government is also demanding a ban on religious institutions.”
He said that all religious institutions were the true defenders of ideological boundaries of Pakistan. He added that PPP with the help of their foreign partners wanted to create a wedge between secular and religious forces in the country.
Hamd Ullah said the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs will raise the issue and invite all segments including seminaries organizations, federal interior ministry, and others where they will attempt to prove that this act is against Islam.
According to the constitution of the country, no new law should be in conflict with the Quran and Sunnah, whether it is part of any federal or provincial legislation. Likewise, no government will work in conflict with the constitution of the country. Two years ago, the PPP had passed a resolution against the Islamic Ideology Council in Sindh Assembly.
