Sherry Rehman
By: Shafiq Solangi
Daily times: Monday, February 28, 2011
Unfortunately, good leaders have never been
respected in our society; they are criticised, morally targeted, punished and
even killed. People like Quaid-e-Azam, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and
Salmaan Taseer were targeted because they were different; their intellectual
level was higher than that of the people of their country.
Today, we have very few
intellectual lawmakers left and Sherry Rehman is among those few. However, she
too is facing death threats from extremist elements present in society because
she had submitted a private bill in the National Assembly to amend the
country’s controversial blasphemy laws and to prevent their misuse. Religious
and political parties denounced her bill; they not only opposed this bill but
also proved that Zia’s Islamisation is rooted deep in our society.
A few days ago, additional sessions judge Multan Court Nisar
Hussain issued an order to register a blasphemy case against Miss Rehman for
committing blasphemy on the complaint made by Faheem Gul, a resident of Multan.
Now people have to decide who the real blasphemer is: a person who supports the
misuse of this law or a person who condemns and wants to prevent the misuse of
this law. Humanitarian organizations, liberals, civil society members and the
government should support and protect our brave Sherry Rehman.
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