CII sends thousands of recommendations to parliament: Sherani

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) dispatched thousands of recommendations, approved by it over the last 12 years, to the parliament, the council’s Chairman Maulana khan Sherani said.

Addressing a press conference Maulana Sherani said though the DNA testing was a useful and modern technique for supporting evidence, but it alone could not be used as primary evidence.

He said the court of law could decide in light of the DNA test when it was used with other evidences as a supporting material.

He said the council had also rejected the Women's Protection Act of 2006, saying its provisions were not in line with Islamic injunctions, adding Hadood Ordinance dealt with all these offenses and that Islam sets procedures to determine crime cases of rape.

The Chairman said the existing Blasphemy Law should not be amended and the Pakistan Penal Code had already sections which dealt with sentences for those who misused any law of land, adding the Judge could resort to those relevant sections to award sentences.

He said the council had unanimously decided that no member shall comment on any decision of the council's meeting unless the matter was elaborated and explained in a press release or press briefing by the body.

Replying to a question, he said every institution played its own role and the Islamic Ideology Council was performing its job as guiding body and the powers to implement those recommendations did not rest with it.