The CII’s statement on the bill comes a day after Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani said the committee formed to consider the recently submitted amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act would duly consult religious scholars and the CII, if required.
“The Senate will never do anything against the Islamic laws,” Sanjrani said.
Senator Mushtaq Ahmed has filed the amendments to the act which are currently being weighed by the Senate committee.
Strongly advising against unnecessarily politicising the issue, he stressed that in case of any controversy, the government was resolved to take the course of the consultation.