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ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem has strongly condemned the public hanging act of those convicted in sexually abusing sexually children.
Farogh Naseem stated that in 1994, the Supreme Court of Pakistan termed the public hanging “unconstitutional” and declared it against Islamic law.
According to him, the law ministry would not enforce any law that is contrary to Shariah or the Constitution of the country.
Apart from law minister, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry strongly condemned the bill on public hanging.
In a tweet, he opposed the bill and wrote, “Strongly condemn this resolution this is just another grave act in line with brutal civilisation practices, societies act in a balanced way barberiaism is not answered to crimes; this is another expression of extremism.”
Moreover, Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari said that the resolution passed in the National Assembly was not a government-sponsored resolution but an individual act.
Shireen Mazari in a tweet wrote that the resolution passed in National Assembly on public hangings was across party lines.
Mazari further wrote that the bill was not a government-sponsored resolution but an individual act.
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