by B. R. GOWANI
Maulana Mohammad Khan Sheerani, chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology. SOURCE/INP/Dawn
Sherani, CII or Council of Islamic Ideology‘s chief
treats Pakistani women as part of his religious fief
says unIslamic are laws that define marriage age
visibility of “signs of puberty” means wedding cage
if those signs can be seen in a girl, as young as nine
then there’s no harm in marrying her off, that’s fine
a law, that asks men to take from their wives permit,
before bringing in more wives, Sherani thinks is not fit
luckily, the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Bill got passed
and thus Sherani and his council associates got assed
Sindh is the first state in Pakistan to pass such a law
hope other states follow the suit to correct this flaw
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com