The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights unanimously passed ‘The Hindu Marriage bill, 2016’.
The committee met here with Senator Nasreen Jalil in the chair. Now Hindu marriages would be registered and separation cases could be filed in the courts.
Ahtizaz Ahsan said, “There is no contradiction regarding the bill, this is right of minorities to live according to their religion. Shariat law is totally different from Hindu law and Islam gives freedom to non-muslins.”
There was no Hindu marriage law in the country for 66 years – the country’s leadership and all the political parties have done a commendable job, Dr Vankwani commented.
The committee also passed amendment bill regarding `The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA).
