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| | Pakistan Christian Post |
 | | PESHAWAR, May 29: The NWFP Shariat Bill, 2003, tabled by the provincial government in the NWFP Assembly is a reproduction of the Enforcement of Shariat Act, 1991, enacted by the then Nawaz Sharif's government, claimed legal circles. |
 | | The bill was introduced in the assembly with slight modification, keeping in view the powers of the NWFP government, as the Shariat Act of 1991 was meant for the entire country and the proposed bill, if passed by the assembly, would be applicable only to the province. |
 | | "Even the preambles of the Shariat Act and the proposed law are almost identical," said a local lawyer.The Enforcement of the Shariat Act, 1991 (Act X of 1991), was passed by the parliament and it received the assent of the President of Pakistan on June 5, 1991. |
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