New Delhi: Daughter of Benazir Bhutto, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari yesterday tweeted and criticised the law of sentencing people for eating in Ramzan and condemned her country’s hypocrisy for letting terrorists to roam freely.
According to a report of TOI, She termed “ridiculous” the Ehtram-e-Ramadan Ordinance by which those “eating openly” during Ramzan will be given a three-month jail sentence. The 1981 Zia-ul-Haq-era ordinance was earlier this week made even more strict with hiked monetary penalties.
https://t.co/eiY7UamIfp people r going 2 die from heat stroke &dehydration with this ridiculous law. Not every1 is able. This is not Islam.
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) May 11, 2017
She pointed out that no one was arrested when there were attempts to kill Malala Yusafzai, but if someone drinks water in Ramzan, will be put behind the bars.
3month imprisonment 4 drinking water during Ramazan but being a terrorist, attempting 2 kill school girls #Malala & u can keep smiling on tv
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) May 12, 2017
According to the ordinance, the fine has been raised from RS 500 to Rs 25,000. Whereas, for resturaunts who won’t comply with the amendment may have to pay Rs 500,000 or more. She also questioned, those who are small and who are diseased, how can they be arrested for drinking water.
But not every1 in 🇵🇰 will be fasting -children in school/elderly/people with medical problems. Should we arrest them 4 drinking water 🤔
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) May 12, 2017
With a reply to someone who said that fasting is an obligation, she tweeted:
Fasting is 1 of the 5 pillars of Islam. It is an imp obligation. But where is law re punish every1 around u with arrests?! Not in Islam. https://t.co/CmOVEbXf31
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) May 12, 2017