{"id":52988,"date":"2024-01-27T10:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/canvassing-by-women-against-sharia-declare-kohistan-clerics\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T10:17:06","slug":"canvassing-by-women-against-sharia-declare-kohistan-clerics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/canvassing-by-women-against-sharia-declare-kohistan-clerics\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvassing by women against sharia, declare Kohistan clerics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>MANSEHRA: A group of Kohistan clerics, mostly members of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, on Friday issued a fatwa (Islamic decree) against canvassing by and for women election candidates and declared the act un-Islamic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women\u2019s act of going from door to door to solicit votes is against sharia [Islamic laws],\u201d declared seminary head Mufti Gul Shahzada after a meeting of clerics in the Kandia area of Upper Kohistan district.<\/p>\n<p>He said the fatwa against women\u2019s election campaign was issued by 30 authorised religious scholars and endorsed by participants, including around 400 clerics from Kohistan region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1786387\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For the first time in Kohistan, three women have entered the electoral arena.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>They insist it is sinful to defy fatwa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They include the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed Tehmina Faheem (PK-31 Kohistan-I) and Momina Basit (PK-33 Kolai-Palas) and independent Sannaya Sabeel (PK-33 Kolai-Palas).<\/p>\n<p>Cleric Shahzada claimed that it was sinful to defy the fatwa.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the sharia disallowed the casting of vote along ethnic lines, so residents shouldn\u2019t do so.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, women contender Tehmina Faheem said she would respond to the decree after consulting her party\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The other candidates didn\u2019t comment on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO SEAT ADJUSTMENT:<\/strong> Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl provincial emir and Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman on Friday said his party didn\u2019t make electoral alliance or seat adjustment with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for the Feb 8 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PML-N leaders are falsely propagating that we [JUI-F] will withdraw our election candidate in favour of their supreme leader, Nawaz Sharif, in Mansehra\u2019s NA-15 constituency.<\/p>\n<p>This is not going to happen as there is no electoral alliance or seat adjustment between us,\u201c Mr Rehman told a public meeting here.<\/p>\n<p>The JUI-F leader said the PML-N feared its leader\u2019s defeat in the constituency and therefore, it had resorted to \u201cfalse propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the party\u2019s parliamentary board led by central emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman fielded Mufti Kifayatullah as the NA-15 candidate against Mr Sharif and it won\u2019t withdraw him from the electoral contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaulana Kifayatullah is the strongest candidate in NA-15, so he will win the election convincingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The JUI-F provincial emir said Mr Sharif publicly acknowledged that JUI-F emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman offered help to the PML-N to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the 2013 elections but the offer was rejected clearing the way of the PTI to power.<\/p>\n<p>He said had Mr Sharif accepted Mr Fazl\u2019s offer, thecountry\u2019s politics and economy would not have been shattered by the PTI government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Rehman said his party was committed to bringing about an \u201cIslamic revolution\u201d in the country through people\u2019s votes.<\/p>\n<p>JUI-F candidates Mufti Kifayatullah, Maulana Nasir Mehmood, Abrar Hussain Tanoli, Fahd Habib and SardarWaqarul Muluk also addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIES:<\/strong> Senior lawyer and former principal of the SM Law College Karachi Umar Farooq passed away here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>His funeral prayers were attended by people from all walks of life, especially lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Farooq was laid to rest at a local graveyard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>To find your constituency and location of your polling booth, SMS your NIC number (no spaces) to 8300. Once you know your constituency, visit the ECP website <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/ecp.gov.pk\/general-elections-2024\">here<\/a> for candidates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSEHRA: A group of Kohistan clerics, mostly members of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, on Friday issued a fatwa (Islamic decree) against canvassing by and for women election candidates and declared the act un-Islamic. \u201cThe women\u2019s act of going from door to door to solicit votes is against sharia [Islamic laws],\u201d declared seminary head Mufti Gul Shahzada 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