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  Female judges in Pakistan must wear veil, says clerics council

  World | Jan 21, 2015, 10:01 PM IST

  Islamabad: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday proposed that  female judges in Pakistan should mandatorily cover or observe niqab (face veil) while in court.Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani who chaired the CII meeting, said 

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  CII should be abolished: Pak civil society

  World | Mar 13, 2014, 08:51 PM IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan's civil society members today slammed the Council of Islamic Ideology as “barbaric, medieval and cruel” after the constitutional body issued a controversial ruling saying a man does not need his wife's consent for