Punjab Assembly backs Khatm-i-Nabuwat oath in marriage documents

[Major]

LAHORE: During its brief proceedings on Tuesday, the Punjab Assembly adopted a resolution seeking inclusion of oath of Khatm-i-Nabuwat in the Nikah (marriage) documents, as speaker skipped other agenda items, including a debate on the rising inflation.

Proceedings of the first sitting of the 36th session of the assembly requisitioned by the opposition began after around two hours delay, presided over by Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi.

The house offered Fateha for PML-N MPA Nishat Ahmed Daha, scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, MNA Pervaiz Malik and for the nine people killed by robbers at Rahim Yar Khan. A one-minute silence was observed for ex-MPA Peter Gill.

A public-interest resolution was taken out of turn and adopted unanimously, recommending the inclusion of Khatm-i-Nabuwat oath in the marriage documents.

The University of Lahore (amendment) Bill 2021, Rashid Latif Khan University Bill 2021, Punjab Community Safety Measures in Sports & Health Clubs, and the University of Management & Technology Lahore 2021 Bill, were introduced in the house and referred to the relevant committees with the direction of submitting their reports on the draft legislation within 60 days.

The speaker skipped the rest of the agenda, including debate on price-hike, and put off the proceedings for Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, the opposition PML-N protested against the prevailing price-hike outside the assembly building. The party’s lawmakers, as well as activists, joined the protest carrying placards in their hands and raising slogans, including “cheeni choro ata choro, jaan chhoro” (sugar thieves, flour thieves, spare us).

Opting for a novel way to protest the recent exorbitant hike in the petroleum prices, MPA Mirza Javed reached the assembly riding a bicycle.

PML-N Punjab spokesperson Azma Bukhari said inflation had broken the back bone of the masses, alleging the government was running the country on the IMF’s dictations.

She lamented that instead of offering subsidies on essential items the government increased taxes by 12 to 17 per cent on edibles.

She said the exchange rate of dollar was going up “like the bank balance of Imran Khan’s ATMs (financiers)”, while during the PML-N government the PTI had been accusing the then finance minister Ishaq Dar of keeping the greenback undervalued through “artificial means”.

Hina Butt, Sumera Komal, Sunmbal Malik, Tariq Gill and others were also present.

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2021

 

[Major]

Your country is in a sad state of affair when adding the finality of the prophethood on a nikkah doc becomes more important and gets a passing in voting.

Just shows how people think that the finality of the prophethood could become under threat. As if someone denying it would cause chaos in the world. God has promised to protect the wordings of Quran, yet we have people who think that if finality of prophethood is not written on docs it could come under threat

Just an example of forcing your beliefs on others..

 

[Sir-fraz]

Looking like if this keeps up pakistan will no longer exist...

 

[saeedhk]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] I had made a thread on this earlier. Mods, can you please merge the threads.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Your country is in a sad state of affair when adding the finality of the prophethood on a nikkah doc becomes more important and gets a passing in voting.

Just shows how people think that the finality of the prophethood could become under threat. As if someone denying it would cause chaos in the world. God has promised to protect the wordings of Quran, yet we have people who think that if finality of prophethood is not written on docs it could come under threat

Just an example of forcing your beliefs on others..

Well, when topics such as this are brought into a conversation, everything else becomes moot. It's the perfect distraction. It's the ideal counter to logic and reason.

It's not the first time either, history is filled with such examples. The divide between reason and fundamentalism will always be there, it cannot coexist. It's up to us, as a society to choose where we align ourselves.

 

[saeedhk]

Using religion is the best way to gain fame and hide your shortcomings. This has been true for all governments; present and past ones.

This bill comes after the passage of the following bills in the past two years: 'Protection of Islam', 'Protection of Sahaba', 'Inclusion of Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Curriculum', 'Display of Quranic Verses on Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Public Offices’ bills.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Using religion is the best way to gain fame and hide your shortcomings. This has been true for all governments; present and past ones.

This bill comes after the passage of the following bills in the past two years: 'Protection of Islam', 'Protection of Sahaba', 'Inclusion of Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Curriculum', 'Display of Quranic Verses on Khatm-e-Nubuwat in Public Offices’ bills.

Keeping the public busy and their eyes off the real issues.

 

[LaLoco]

Rather to appease the population who would unnecessary cause nuisance in Punjab, a form of protective law.

Most of the complaining, this law has no impact on them because most of them do not know the "ABCD" of nikkha, they repeat what the imam tells them to repeat after, nor this distract anyone who is jobless, hungry, and or paying too much for daily commodities.