It is sad to know that senator Baber Awan was swindled by a fake university. We wish better luck for other corresponding students. However the point is that no matter how qualified people in Pakistan are to speak on the matters of Sharia, most suffer from a basic existentialist confusion which disqualifies them to talk on this subject. Consider the criticism that is coming from the pious ones on the issue of amendments in divorce laws that have been recommended by the IIC of Pakistan. The recommended amendments in divorce laws reflect the most progressive thinking that we have seen by IIC in a long time. And it is much needed. Millions of  women suffer because of the threat of divorce that hangs over them form the day they get married due to possible misuse of a verbal divorce option by their husbands and in-laws. The true spirit of divorce laws in Islam is to make divorce easy but not to the extent that it can be used as a weapon by either spouse. However, the form is in force and the spirit absent from the existing laws. Similarly, talk to the clerics (any cleric) about abolition of capital punishment and blasphemy laws; most will froth at the mouth. The emphasis is on preservation of Sharia as ‘we’ understand it and not on relieving human misery and achieving change and progress in human condition as was the desire of all prophets and their real legacy. Thus ignorance abetted by an undue concern for piety and a strait jacketed wisdom remain some of the greatest impediments to change. Now there is an opportunity to dispel the existential fog; as we can address our young people today as never before and break myths and perceptions that keep us wedded to the past as a people. The contention is that you target selected bigots and not all of them, or the thinking that they subscribe to, which is the common thread that binds many people in Pakistan. Can we launch a frontal attack on bigotry and ignorance regardless of which side of the political divide it comes from?

"It is sad to know that senator Baber Awan was swindled by a fake university." What does that mean????/ in the same context then you can say amir liaqat as well...but ARE THEY SO INNOCENT OR WERE THEY JUST LOOKING FOR A SELL AWAY TITLE??

From the attached news story published in ‘The News’ it appears that he was defrauded like ‘innumerable’ other students. If you believe that he bought the degree knowing that the university was fraudulent, then the onus of proof is on you. However this is not the main point of my comment. The point is that there is a skewed thinking process behind crimes such as honor killing that needs to be exposed and attacked. Unless we do that, there is no point in blaming the ruling party selectively. The whole society is to blame for continuation of myths rooted in the past, more so the journalists, because the power to change perceptions is in their hands.

There should not be a council of Islamic ideology, unless there is council each for Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh and Parsi ideology. There should be a parliamentary advisory committee for Muslim personal law. All other communities should have the same right to have a personal law.
The divorce law suggested by one member of the IIC was actually quite good and fair. The top Maulvi of the IIC has resigned because he disagrees.
It should be up to the parliament to do the law making.

Nice post . keep up the good work

Nice post . keep up the good work

I always wanted to write in my site something like that but I guess you'r faster

Searching for this for some time now - i guess luck is more advanced than search engines

The comments by you are the most idiotic and childish that i ve ever seen. come on and grow up, dont take Pakistanis too light!!!! this is 4 you and the other idiots like you.