Man sentenced to death for beheading Pakistan woman

An Islamabad judge sentenced Zahir Jaffer to death Thursday for killing However, in early July, the adviser to the prime minister on parliamentary affairs, Babar Awan, wrote a letter to the speaker of Parliament, seeking a review of the bill by the all-male member Council of Islamic Ideology — the constitutional body that advises the legislature on whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam. But the council has been criticized for holding archaic views rooted in patriarchy. In 2016, it proposed its own bill to allow men to “lightly beat” their wives. Activists fear the conservative council will use its influence on the legislation to kill the bill, sending a message that violence against women in their own homes is allowed, or even condoned.The Islamic Council told CNN on Tuesday that they still waiting on the government to work with them and move the process forward.