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'A clause of the recently approved Domestic Violence Bill 2009 that allows punishment of six months or a fine of Rs50,000 to those who file false complaints came under severe criticism at a national consultation here on Thursday.

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Demanding complete repeal of this new addition by the government, civil society activists expressed the fear that the clause would transform the bill, formulated to provide relief to women, into another Hadood ordinance. “This would mean that practically no aggrieved party, victim or complainant will ever file a case in fear of reactionary punishment to them,” said Maleeha Zia of Aurat Foundation. She was speaking at the ‘National Consultation on Domestic Violence Bill 2009’ organised by Aurat Foundation.

Aimed at lobbying with senators to raise their voices against the gaps in the final draft, the event was attended by civil society activists and female senators, who agreed with most of the points raised by the participants. Prominent among them were Yasmeen Rehman, Saeeda Iqbal, Farah Aqil, Nilofer Bakhtiar and Shiralla Mallick.'