Absence of a woman member in the Council of Islamic Ideology questioned by the court

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has raised questions over the absence of a woman member in the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), reports Samaa.

A petition was filed by a citizen named Maham Ali Khan in this regard. The IHC has ordered the Law secretary and the CII chairman to submit a response to the petition.

The lack of inclusion of women in the constitutional body that advises the legislature whether or not a certain law is in accordance to the Quran and Sunnah is against Article 228 of the Constitution of Pakistan, Maham’s counsel Zainab Janjua told IHC judge Amir Farooq during a hearing on Tuesday.

The CII can’t have more than 20 or less than eight members. The counselor said that currently there are 12 members in the body but none of them is a woman.

The petitioner has requested that a woman member be included in the council.