Hasba Bill will encourage Talibanisation, says APMA.

(Peshawar, ccnews,portal) The All Pakistan Minorties Alliance (APMA) on Sunday protested against the Hasba Bill, calling it “a riligous martial law”.APMA Chairman Shahbaz Bhatti said the bill” will make minorties’lives miserable” especially their women’s. It is a religious martial law which will affect the personal and family laws of minorities”he said.

Shahbaz Bhatti said an “extremist mohtasib” would disrupt peace in cociety, adding that he Hasba Bill had instigated fear and unrest among the minorities of province.

He said that Hasba Bill will encourge Talibanisation. Bhatti urged the NWFP government not to sign the bill because it did not safeguard the minorities; rights. He said APMA would raise its voice at all levels in a peaceful and democratic manner against the “Unconstitutional and undemocratic “ Hasba Bill. The APMA staged the demonstration in front of the Peshawar press club. Representatives of all minority groups: chrsitian,Hindu, the Balmeek schedule caste, Sikh, Parssi, Bahai and Kalash protested against the bill. Members of the Awami National Part (ANP) and the Pakistan people’s party-parliamentarians (PPP)also participated in the demonstration.

Ccnews representative interviewed “ Mr.Khalid Gill” Chief Organizer All Pakistan Minorities Alliance on Monday 26-02-07. In his interview he told the latest development of “Hasba Bill” That it was Government who went to supreme court and three days before the decision was taken by the 8-member SC bench that there are three charter in “Hasba Bill” that are totally against Human rights and all minorities.