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| Draft of shariah laws for Malakand finalised |
| 2008-08-27 |
| The draft of shariah laws to be implemented in the Malakand division has been finalised and the provincial government will send it to the NWFP governor for signing in the next two days, NWFP Law Minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah said on Tuesday. Abdullah told Daily Times that a four-member committee representing the NWFP and the federal governments had suggested amendments to the Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 1999. "The committee has added a clause of mediation in the 1999 regulation. First, the jirga will play its role as mediator and try to resolve a dispute between two parties within 15 days, before the case can be filed in the Qazi courts," Abdullah said. The minister said the committee had also increased the period required to decide criminal cases. He said the NWFP government had initially proposed that criminal cases must be decided within three months, but the committee fixed a four-month timeframe. For civil cases, he said the committee had bound the Qazi courts to dispose of the cases within six months. "There will be no adjournment in a case under the amended regulation and any party seeking an adjournment will be fined," the law minister added. He said that a Shariah High Court would also be established in Malakand for appeals against the verdicts of the Qazi courts. Abdullah revealed that the NWFP Shariah Act, 2003 and the Consumer Protection Act would also be extended to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas. The law minister added that the draft of shariah laws would be sent to the NWFP governor who will sign it and send it to the president for approval. |
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