PESHAWAR, July 2: A Shariat conference on Wednesday hailed the passage of the Shariat Bill by the NWFP Assembly and hoped that it would help eradicate discrimination and injustice from society.

The political cell of Jamaat-i-Islami’s women wing had organized the conference to endorse the passage of the Shariat Bill by the MMA government.

JI’s women wing chief Ayesha Munawar said that despite opposition by certain elements the MMA government would implement the Shariat law.

She said previous governments had misused powers to serve their personal interests. She said it would take some time to clear the mess, adding that benefits of Shariat would be visible after some time.

Naeema Akhtar, MPA, criticized media and other sections of society for calling Shariat a non-issue. She said Shariat and its implementation should be top priority of the government and every Muslim should support it.

She opposed women pictures on billboards.

The member of city district council, Bilqis Hussain, said that opponents of the Bill were unaware of Islamic values and thus they were spreading negative propaganda against the MMA government.

Elaborating on various policies of the provincial government, she said the MMA wanted to bring uniformity to all sectors. She said pants-shirt would be replaced with shalwar kameez in all schools in the province. Ms Hussain said the MMA government had nothing to do with tearing down of billboards in the city and elsewhere in the country.