PPP cautiously welcomes CII verdict on divorce

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party cautiously and guardedly welcomed call by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to legally ban the practice of pronouncing divorce three times at once and make it a punishable offence being against the injunctions of Islam is.
“It is too early to make a definitive statement until the fine print of the actual recommendation of the Council is made public but the call itself is a positive development and a step in the right direction,” said Senator Farhatullah Babar while giving his reaction on the recent CII decision of banning the practice of pronouncing divorce three times at once.
Senator Farhatullah Babar said what is needed now is to take the call to its logical conclusion and there is no dithering or backtracking as was witnessed recently during the Council’s discussions on a religion based law.
He said that the Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961 has already laid down the procedure for dissolution of marriages consistent with the latest pronouncement of the Council. “It is natural that since the Council has declared the practice of pronouncing divorce three times at once as against Sharia it will also publicly abandon its opposition to the Family Law Ordinance,” he said.He said continued opposition to the Muslim Family Law Ordinance would be inconsistent with the new public stance of the Council and raise serious questions.