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| Rapes cases: Bill calls for making DNA tests mandatory | |
| 2013-07-06 | |
If taken, the landmark step would revamp the process of investigation of rape cases and offer great solace to the victims seeking justice against the brutal crime. "The DNA testing (is) mandatory in Rape cases, in order to infuse certainty in the pursuit of justice by identifying the guilty and exonerating the innocent, and for matters connected therewith, or incidental thereto," the bill moved by MPA Sharmila Faruqui reads. The bill, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was submitted in the Sindh Secretariat on Friday and says that it is expedient and necessary to make DNA Testing mandatory for rape victims, as primary evidence, for effective dispensation of justice. The bill seems to be a rejoinder to a recent argument by holy mans-dominated Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that DNA tests in rape cases were not in line with Islamic injunctions. In its last month meeting the CII deliberated whether the DNA tests should be considered as admissible evidence in rape crimes. Though the CII did not make any decision, but some of the arguments of its members were disturbing. Alama Tahir Ashrafi, a CII member, explained the council never made a formal decision against the DNA tests. He said the council would meet after Eid to take up the matter. | |
| Posted by:Fred |