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A proposed law on domestic violence for the Islamabad Capital Territory, passed by the Senate last month, turned controversial after the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan, wrote a letter to the National Assembly speaker seeking review of the bill by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII). The CII is a constitutional body empowered under Article 230 of the Constitution to advise a House, a provincial assembly, the president or a governor on any question referred to it as to whether a proposed law is or is not repugnant to the injunctions of Islam. Interestingly, the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2021, was earlier passed by the National Assembly on April 19, 2021, and then referred to the Senate, which passed it on June 21. After its passage by the Senate, as certain minor changes were made in it, the bill was again referred to the National Assembly. ....
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly is set to pass the first-ever bill on domestic violence in the province in its current session, which will resume on Jan 11, 2021. AP/File The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly is set to pass the first-ever bill on domestic violence in the province in its current session, which will resume on Jan 11, 2021. After lingering for many years, the provincial government had tabled the KP Domestic Violence against Women Bill, 2019, in the assembly on Feb 11, 2019, and on Oct 14, 2019, it was referred to a select committee of the assembly as MPAs of opposition Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) had expressed reservations about certain of its provisions. ....