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Pakistan Today: Justice Qazi Faiz Essa says govt will have to go back to original Constitution to abolish sectarianism
Objectives Resolution not part of Constitution: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (SC) has observed that the Objectives Resolution was not a part of the Constitution and “its inclusion by a military dictator sparked sectarianism in the country”.
Hearing petitions against 18th and 21st constitutional amendments on Wednesday, a 17-judge full court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk, sought federation’s counsel’s assistance over the matter.
During the hearing, Justice Qazi Faiz Essa remarked that Article 227 states that all existing laws shall be brought in conformity with the injunctions of Islam, as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
“The explanation states that in the application of this clause to the personal law of any Muslim sect, the expression “Quran and Sunnah” means the Quran and Sunnah as interpreted by that particular sect,” Justice Essa maintained, adding that this explanation was added in 1985 and “if the government wanted to abolish sectarianism, it would have to go back to the original Constitution”.
Categories: Accepting Islam, Ahmadis And Pakistan, Asia, Pakistan, Secularism, Separation of Church and State
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