Pakistan: National Assembly passes bill with anti-Ahmadi provision of separate voter list

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Amended bill will make the clauses relating to Finality of prophethood more effective and a separate voters list will be created for Ahmadis as they will not be included in the list for Muslims

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By PT Report | November 16, 2017

‘Separate voters’ list will be created for Ahmadis as they’ll not be included in list for Muslims’

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the crucial Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017 which seeks fresh delimitation of constituencies ahead of the upcoming general elections on the basis of provisional results of the population census.

The NA also passed the bill regarding the amendment to Elections Bill 2017, which pertains to restoring the Finality of Prophethood clause to its original form. The bill retained the status of Ahmadiyya community in the light of constitution, and the affidavit has been restored in its original form.

Both the bills were presented before the assembly by Law Minister Zahid Hamid which will be sent to Senate after their passage from the NA.
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Addressing the session, Hamid said sections 7B and 7C of the Conduct of General Elections Order, 2002 have been restored to their original form.

“I am a lover of the Prophet (PBUH) and have performed two Hajj and several Umrah pilgrims… I can’t even think about changing the clauses on Khatm-e-Nabuwwat,” he said in his address.

Amended bill will make the clauses relating to Finality of prophethood more effective and a separate voters list will be created for Ahmadis as they will not be included in the list for Muslims, said the law minister.

He said the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat declaration has also been restored to original form in English and Urdu through the amended bill.

Reacting to law minister’s statement, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that faith was a personal issue and between man and the Almighty. “Should we go door-to-door to announce that we are Muslims?” he questioned.


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