Sindh assembly condemns French sketches
Lawmakers stress blasphemous caricatures cannot be allowed at any cost
Sindh Assembly Session. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI:
With Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan lawmakers present, the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution to condemn the publication of blasphemous sketches of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in France.
It demanded a federal movement to approach the European Union (EU) to impose a ban on any such practice which harms religious harmony throughout the world.
Different resolutions, moved in the houses by opposition and treasury MPAs, were clubbed into one and presented by Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Shah. The minister also holds the additional charge of the provincial religious ministry.
Sindh Assembly unanimously adopts resolution against blasphemous sketches
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KARACHI (Dunya News) - The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the publication of blasphemous sketches by France, while Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded the removal of Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid.
In the Sindh Assembly session, a resolution was moved by Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah against the blasphemous sketchesthe and in the honor of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which was unanimously passed by the House.
Introducing the resolution, Minister Nasir Hussain in his address said that we will scarify our lives for the honor of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), adding that this sensitive issue should have been resolved amicably.
Sindh Assembly outlaws ice, ecstasy, other recreational drugs
Karachi
January 16, 2021
The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed into law the Control of Narcotics Substance (Sindh Amendment) Bill-2021 to outlaw trafficking and use of synthetic drugs and other modern forms of narcotics, including so-called recreational drugs.
The bill passed by the Sindh Assembly amended the Control of Narcotics Substance Act 1997 for the province of Sindh. The statement of objects and reasons of the bill states: “In the existing Control of Narcotics Substances Act-1997, the drugs are defined in detail with complete explanation of their usage, carrying, making, selling, purchasing, and consumption which makes it applicable to the defined catalog only.”