The Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 changed the wording in the candidate nomination papers from “solemnly swearing” that they believe in Khatm-e-Nabuwwat to “declaring” it
Source/Credit: Asia Times
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid | October 13, 2017
Backlash over religious clause in ruling party's Electoral Reforms Bill
On October 2, Pakistan’s National Assembly passed the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017 into law, to allow the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) disqualified prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to be reelected as the party’s leader.
In addition to being touted as undemocratic by opposition parties, resulting in the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) challenging the amendment in the Supreme Court, the bill has been met with a severe backlash over changes made regarding Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (finality of prophethood), the belief that the Prophet Muhammad was the final messenger of Allah, as enshrined in Pakistan’s Constitution.
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