Pakistani Government committed to Islamization of all laws

Gov't committed to Islamization of all laws: Pak minister

A religious affairs minister in Pakistan has told the upper house of Parliament that the government was committed to Islamization of all laws.

Replying to a query by Senator Maulana Rahat Hussain of the opposition Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal during a question hour Wednesday evening, the minister said the government was alive to fulfillment of its constitutional obligation to work for Islamization of all laws.

He said that the federal Sharia Court had examined more than 2000 laws, federal as well as provincial, and had directed amendments in about 350 laws to bring these in line with Islamic injunctions.

The constitution of Pakistan says that no law shall be enacted repugnant to the Islamic teachings enshrined in the Holy Quran and sunnahs of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Article 227 and 31 of the constitution make it clear that the state's religion is Islam and mandates measures to be taken to enable Muslims, individually and collectively, to lead lives in accordance with Islamic principles, the minister said.