Tag: Cii

Recommendations of a few members dominate CII, says only female member

PPP demands disbandment of ‘dangerously irrelevant’ CII Senator Babar says frustrated with its pronouncements, some people call CII ‘medieval nonsense at public expense’  Dr Samia Raheel...

Pakistanis hit back as clerics say men can ‘lightly beat’ wives

Media and activists poured scorn Friday on a suggestion from an Islamic religious body that men should be allowed to “lightly beat” their wives,...

CII’s Sheerani has another bright idea, wants re-circulation of gold and...

Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani has said that an economic system based on paper currency is not viable, and...

Punjab women protection law un-Islamic: CII

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday termed Protection of Women against Violence Bill 2015 passed by the Punajb Assembly as un-Islamic and...

‘Khula’ without husband’s consent is un-Islamic: CII

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared it un-Islamic for courts to use ‘Khula’ (right of a woman to seek divorce) without the...

Sherani, Ashrafi at each other’s throats over Ahmadis

Council members opposed to debating status of Ahmadis because of existing consensus, says Ashrafi Says Sherani wants to make law on Ahmadis controversial and push...

CII for new amended computerised Nikkah form

Sheerani terms eunuchs part of society, however calls for genetic analysis before according them status Says Quran should be understood in Arabic only, calls for...

Law Dept to look into CII’s recommendation on divorce method

State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed Thursday said the Law Department would look into the recommendation of the Council of Islamic Ideology...

Arsalan takes Khan’s ‘love child’ issue to CII

Former CJP’s son writes to CII asking if Imran Khan committed’ gunaah-e-kabeera’ by having child out of wedlock, questions his eligibility as MNA given...

SA’s resolution against CII angers Fazl

KARACHI Fazlur Rehman, chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, on Wednesday expressed his deepest regrets and dislike over the Sindh Assembly’s resolution against...

Sindh Assembly demands to scrap CII

The Sindh Assembly Monday demanded the disbandment of the Council of Islamic Ideology while passing a resolution to stop implementation on the CII's earlier...

CII member says giving women right to divorce a step in...

LAHORE The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has recommended the government to give right of divorce to women. Experts say if adopted by the government,...

CII declares laws prohibiting underage marriage as un-Islamic

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday ruled that Pakistani laws prohibiting marriage of underage children are un-Islamic. At the end of its two-day...

No need to seek first wife’s permission for second marriage, rules...

ISLAMABAD The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Monday declared the law seeking consent from first spouse for a second marriage un-Islamic, saying Sharia...

“DNA not admissible in rape cases”: CII

On Monday, The Council of Islamic ideology (CII) passed a judgment, proclaiming that DNA tests could not be considered primary evidence in rape cases....

CII seeks amendments for prompt parliament action

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has asked President Asif Ali Zardari to amend procedural rules of the council to make it mandatory for...

PM names eight CII members

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has advised the president to appoint eight members of the Council of Islamic Ideology. Those recommended include Maulana Allama Zubair Ahmed Zaheer; Sahabzada Pir Khalid Sultan Al-Qadri; Justice (r) Mian Nazir Akhtar; Syed Iftikhar Hussain Naqvi; Mufti Muhammad Iqbal Hussain Shah Faizi; Maulana M Farooq Khan Saeedi, Justice (r) Mushtaq A Memon and Qari Muhammad Hanif Jallandhari.