Well done Maulana Sheerani,you tried as much as possible

This CII doesn't give any verdict on Corruption, Poverty, Injustice, Lawlessness, Honor Killings, and the list goes on.

Becoming more and more irrelevant with these outbursts.

really? seriously now? people get rid of these bigots. and kudos to nawaz sharif for standing up to them!!

Every time they issue a statement they make a mockery if themselves and the nation

If this is the business of the CII? This body never said a work against the crimes prevelent in this country.

God save Pakistan from such illiterate Maulan's.

Does CII even know what the first law of motion is?

please don't give them coverage...they always spread hatred

It is a prevailing mindset among the bigots. If Pakistan belongs to particular sect of Islam then we have no right to decry discrimination against Muslims at USA and other countries.........

I have no objection if a physics centre is named after an ahmedi. However if the centre was earlier named after another person, that name should be persisted. Just like the name of Ganga Ram hospital or King Edward Medical School should not be changed.

looking forward to the time these absurds will be prohibited from issuing public statement.

This Maulana should not be spokesman of any forum of the country.These kinds are the people ,we find isolated and rebuked at international forums.

OMG, what an intolerance!

Any person making contributions in science and technology is praiseworthy and this praise is completely in line with Islamic teachings.

Prof Hoodbhoy was right. These elements will always oppose science. Pity...

CII should be banned. Unnecessary waste of taxpayer money. Sorry to say, they don't represent majority of Muslims in the country.

Well done Mulana

CII needs to be dissolved. This unconstitutional organization is hurting Pakistan.

It is a real tragedy that these so called Ulema are ignorant of the true spirit of Islam and also they totally ignore the commandments of the Holy Prophet PBH regarding the non Muslims under a treaty or under protection as citizens of an Islamic state.

@Sikandar No,they just want endorse a marriage with a 9 year Old! Shameful people

A useless outburst. Why no verdict on corruption and other community vices

Who cares for you maulana sahib. Nobel prize was won by Dr Abdussalam not by you.

What an intolerance! Not even permitting pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia! Unbelievable ! Does Saudi ban them from performing pilgrimage there?

Why it was not named after QK, being nuclear master of this country, India made their nuclear master president and what we made of our nuclear master ! Shame. Why do we have to make controversy of everthing ? NS just trying to escape panamagate and want to create new issue to divert attention, thats all. but he wont escape this

A well planned strategy to expose the true colors of these people.

What about corrupt politicians, land mafia, land hoarders, tax evaders, honour killing, why doesn't the Maulana comment on such matters. Hope the next chairman is more enlightened.

....another good reason to shut down the CII

Good one . CII. What's gone into PM's head all of a sudden?

We don't need a biased CII.

Dr, Abdus Salam was a national hero and deserved such recognition.

@AXH your comment is more conservative than what CII declared.

Being a sunni muslim i have no objection naming the centre to a minority.Maulana please win a nobel prize and have the centre named to whomever you like.

This unelected, unrepresentative, undemocratic institution is an abomination. This anachronistic body must be and immediately disbanded to the relic of time that it belongs.

Looks like he needs a reason to stay in news and grab support from within the party. Politics.

You can avoid such absurd objections. Just name something new on his name. A new university for example. Why rename? And why create such hype? I am not sure the whole episode of renaming started with good intentions.

Are these guys crazy? No I guess not. We the people are, for tolerating such bigotry.

When any member of the CII does anything to move human progress forward they should be allowed to talk.

These are the kind of people's that declare Dr A Salam...non-muslim...for God sake...focus on women rights...honour killings...child sex abuse and education....

Why this mullah has problem with naming a center after country's only Noble prize holder ? we demand to dissolve this CII ASAP due to his biased stances and futile purposes.

Haven't these guys enough already?

CII pray to you , please become a little broad minded

Well, we will ask your openion when it comes to religious matters. This one is about Physics...

Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani " May i know , are you a physicist??? He is being honored for his command and nobel prize on Physics and not on religious teachings, Then why you are interfering...

Let alone the general public, even Govt does not know exactly what's the role and the jurisdiction of this so-called CII, other than remaining in the lime light by creating controversies over various issues???

I 'decry the existence of the CII'. Please. Scrap this so called 'council' before it can issue worse statements. Again. And again. And again.

i suppose if one wants to preach the other, things that one considers true, then the preliminary requirement is to be friend with him, hug him, invite him to a coffee 3~4 times and then start the conversation in a mild manner ... the aim should be win the person and not the argument

we dont know who is this man and who given him this authority and what is this organisation and what is it for??

Good Riddence, Maulana Sahab what about poverty, corruption, cleaning of cities, Rights of minors, Rights of not n Muslims, Respect for each other's honour, Providing support for the poor, providing support for orphans, raising voice against injustice, raising voice against honour killings . So many lost causes.

What a model of vested ignorance, this CII!

Dr Salam deserves that the center be named after him. And more.

Professor Salam is a Pakistani Nobel prize winner for physics and the center is for Physics. So the name of the center was very appropriate. Go figure.

Professor Abdus Salam a winner of the nobel prize for physics is a good person to name a physics department after,

@AXH do they even know what physics is!

This is all they are good for, rulings on topics that does not concern matters of faith and correct practise of it.

in addition to naming the centre after Dr Abdus Salam, its time for Pakistan to remove these absurd restrictions on the Ahmediyah community. We need to learn to treat all Pakistanis equally, this is a trait of a mature developed country, it is also undoubtedly the ideal which Quaid-e-azam aspired.

These Maulanas are good for nothing. They never produced scientist, engineer or any other professional that gave services to humanity.

Nonsensical utterances of such people should be banned from media.

When the majority of some nation look at the religious credentials rather than Merit to promote someone then the society has no reason to talk about equality and corruption.

@Awan Dissolve the CII and the spokespersons

is he even relevant?

CII has not advanced any logical reason for their objection. If the Physics Dept of QAU was already named after someone, then it is is not proper to rename the same as it is being proposed now after AS. AS deserves better. Also it does not do justice to the first name. We have other examples. Renaming Lyllpur to Faisalabad was wrong, while reverting renamed Montgomery to its original Sahiwal was right. Unfortunately in this case someone is trying to win some cookie points. AS must be honored for his great contribution to Science in a way that does not make the process of honoring him controversial, as this case does by providing an excuse. It can be done by building a new science facility in his name.

What else can you expect from such Mullahs? I wonder that he didn't say anything against the education in science. Just for your record, Dr. Riaz was a student of Prof. Abdus Salam. I am sure he would feel honoured if the centre is renamed to honour Prof. Salam.

People without sense and without true knowledge are open to express. What is that!!! OUT !!!!

Heartened by the response of Pakistan people to this statement of CII.

@Mehdi Who is your intended name by 'he'. Why not name the name instead of making it ambiguous.

Thank God ! Normally CII is concerned only women related issues..Now they came out for some other cause...Times are changing !

When will our nation leave the 'dark ages' and wake up to reality and show that there is 'humanity'!

When CII will be shut down. It is nothing but a waste.

Dear cleric physics has nothing to do with religion. pls focus on human rights, peace, extremism rather than petty issues. Dr salam is nobel laureate. Pakistan owes him more than it owes to you. What you have done for pakistan?

@kaleem yes he tried as much as possible to make sure that country doesn't honour a person just because he belongs from Ahmadi community. Its an irony that we are the only country in this world who doesn't respect its own Nobel price winners. Its time we need to stop and introspect about ourselves as to where we are heading.

Mr Sherani should read UN's Universal declaration of Human rights or otherwise advise the Government to pull out of UN.

The ignorance, pettiness and irrelevance is breathtaking!

This is what these people are good for. Making issues where there are none, but ignoring the real issues.

The road on which CII office is located should also be renamed in the honor of Dr. Salam

Who asked his permission? Really funny. God Bless on these souls and on those people's who follow them!!

Is Sherani a man of science? Will he please articulate his concerns over the naming of QAU physics centre after Dr Abdus Salam? We can hardly wait for his step down from chairmanship of of the CII.

Remind CII that this is 2016

if the department was already named after someone then I don't think renaming it appropriate.

Thanks dear Pakistanis i am elated to read the comments.

CII needs to be disbanded - it is a useless organization and a waste of taxpayers money

At least respect Nobel literature

Naming a university department after Professor Abdus Salam is very little , he deserves much more than it. Let these mullahs make noises , atleast Nawaz Sharif has shown some courage and we all should support government on this matter

Have the molanas of Pakistan ever agreed on anything with the government?

Re-naming the centre is a step in the right direction. We need to embrace minorities and this is what our religion teaches as well as what Jinnah wanted. The ambition for the next few years should be to root out extremism from within the society.

Well done Pakistan

If the CII wants to be taken seriously than it needs to comprised by intellectuals from various sections of the communities such as economist, teacher, unionist, lawyer, religious teacher, farmers, women etc etc. Regrettably it has be hijacked by narrow minded, self serving and Mullahs who have no vision. If we can't have intelligent and proportionate people in CII than perhaps it's time to disband it.

So much for spreading fear, hate ,crime and control over masses.. Mr you are fighting a losting battle .. People are slowly starting to realise.. Stop giving your hard earned money to these, make them work and be like rest of us

Why do we need CII, are they on government's payroll ?

what is the problem with these people from Dr Abdussalam?

Any statement from CII is not worth commenting.

By not giving the reason for objecting on the name change you implicitly expressed that it is your political opinion and not a religious opinion. I believe that the committee can be of parliamentarians but it should be headed by a religius, academic and apolitical personality.

There is huge amount of sane voice in the comment section, but the truth is that these kind of leaders have huge following as well, unfortunately.

Useless bunch that only nuisance than any real value.

The CII is again at it. Dr. Salam has contributed tremendously to theoretical physics. This Council should be disbanded.

People like these are the sole reason why there is no peace in Pakistan. Promoters of hatred. What is this guy's contribution for the betterment of Pakistan?

Comments from Pakistani people have given tight slap to Anti science and Anti education people. I am happy for these forward thinking people.

CII is a body founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan. It's supposed to advise governments at various levels. As usual it has been used by politicians for their own benefit.

You are keeping us away from progress and try to keep us in the dark ages.

CII has become irrelevant. It does not appear to adding any value or making any positive or constructive contribution. It must be abandoned.

Physics department should be renamed as "Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani" for his valuable work in the field of Physics

This CII should be concentrating on condemning Corruption, Poverty, Honor Killings & minority killing.

Better to make a Huge and new Physics center named on Dr .Abdus Salam, so to remove objection of renaming old setups. As far as CII is concerned they will always argue.

What does the Centre for Physics have to do with somebody's religious belief's. Dr. Abdus Salam was a Pakistani citizen and a very distinguished one, and under the constitution of Pakistan that is all that matters. Majoritarianism is an unprincipled stand. No doubt Pakistan is a Muslim country but all citizens have equal rights and the right to believe whatever one wants is one of them.

Nawaz Sharif did it to get donations from foreign governments and to prove his credentials perhaps.

Unless Pakistan takes a strict action against these people, it is destined to doom further. Abdus Salaam was a real hero of Pakistan. So was Faiz and Iqbal.

This is the best way to pay homage to its only Nobel laureate ! God bless Physics !

Illiterate, narrow minded people. Government should dissolve CII.

Every single citizen leaving in this country peacefully with whatever believe, have full right of appreciation. His work should be appreciated regardless of his background. I think this center was named with some other person, therefore it is very inappropriate to remove someone’s name change with new one. Mr sharif, open another center and give name Dr. Salam center …

When is the nation going to get rid of this outdated council

@Shahid

You make a very interesting point. Good post.

Hasan

@hnmirza Completely agree with you.

@Sikandar thats the governments job. You know the ones u voted in.

It too late give such recognition Dr Salam our real hero in science.

The CII new building nearing completion what a waste of billion of rupees on useless structure close to parliamentary lodge s? ???isplaced priorities. ?

This CII is not a religious but a political council.

Dismantle CII, they are waste of money and effort.

A long waited step in the right direction, a block of university should be named after that unknown Christian worker who laid down his life to safe many while on duty at the university

Great. Maulana what is your contribution to humanity except bigotory and narrow mindedness. When you get the noble prize we will be happy to name any building you want.

@akram I agree with you 100%.

The Council of Islamic Ideology should be abolished,

Naming after Salam, any place does not under purview of CII. Secondly, forced conversion is not allowed in Islam as well Pakistani constitution. So what the Moulana saying. This kind of elements have vanished State and Social fabric.

@SAM_USA He has a point. There is no doubt that Mr. Salam deserve much more than what we as a nation has given to him. If this department is already been named to honor some individual then it will be appropriate to name some other structure that has not been named in such a way. I am not familiar with the individual for whom this department was named but honouring one doesn't mean to degrade someone else.

This is one of few times Pakistan's admired me for voicing against mullah' s and cherishing the achievement of a person regardless of their religious belief. Thank you!

Why not to pack them and send them home. They are nothing but just bunch of reactionaries. What good comes out of this council.

@akram How refreshing to read comments like yours.Yes,not only the Physics department be named after after the illustrious citizen of Pakistan- the late Professor Abdus Salam , but it is time to remove all restrictions on the Ahmadya community and allow them to practice their faith.There is no place for bigots in the country.

These are the people who are talking Pakistan to Stone Age and these are your own creation

Please dismantle CII, all these so called politician ulemas doing nothing but dividing the nation and a dis service to Islam.

@MOH

My best wishes and prayers that every word said by you may come true ... !!

Government should not come under pressure of these moulvis who tried their best to create hate among Pakistanis.

A few black warrants against clerics will go a long way in transforming Pakistan . All this ignorance is tolerated because it was once important to have these brokers of power to get elected or seated in office . We need strong laws against subjective interpretation of sharia and stronger laws to punish bigots in the name of sharia . We should rename a dozen places after dr Salaam instead of just a university physics center.

What does CII have to do with renaming of the Center. They should stay out of it Dr Salaam is a Pakistani scientist QAU is right we should honour our own even when they are not Muslim

Religion is the personal affairs of the individual with his creator.Unfortunately, in Pakistan, the religion has been mixed with the affairs of the state. The country can not move forward unless the religion is separated from the affairs of the state.

It's astonishing that we still have this kind of people in such important roles. This guy never said anything about bribery, interest, honor killings but he is quick to negate any constructive development in my country. High time to get rid of such stupids...,

What did Dr. Riaz did wrong? why to remove Dr. Riaz's name? For How long will we continue changing names?

Why not build a new Physics center in some other city, like Dr. Salaam's home town, and name it after Dr. Salaam instead of renaming one?

A very bad precedence.

His comments are not even worthy of making the news. These guys are completely irrelevant to the country. They are as useful to us as floppy disk drives.

Those uneducated so-called religious scholars understand a fig about physics or anything of intellectual and practical consequence. Shame on them!

Atlanta

Why shirani is saying that changing the name of Physics department is not good precident he should inform the reason about his observation.What was discussed in the meeting.Nation is interested to know the detail.

Dr. Abdul Salam was great scientist, It is shameful that Pakistani ignore his contribution toward pakistan just because he was Ahamadi

@sr khan ..... It is a Busybody.

@sArmad .... They are legends in their own minds.

I nominate the Maulana for a Nobel Prize! No greater service to mankind than what CII has achieved.

@Aqdas Wonderful remark for Shirani.

Leaving the argument of utility of Islamic Ideology Council aside, why would the head of Islamic Ideology Council have any say in physics?

Dr Abdus Salam, whatever his religion, was a scientist of international repute. He brought honour to Pakistan and every Pakistani, should be proud of him.

I respect him tremendously for his contribution to physics.

Irrelevant, noise machines. Move along, nothing to see here.

Can we disband this council and distribute the budget to minority and women welfare please.

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PM Nawaz took the right and bold step to correctly honor Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam as a Pakistani hero which our nation should be very proud of. This step is defeat of religious bigotry, demonstrating that Pakistan is on the right path

Disband CII it's a waste of money

@Sikandar You wrote:

"This CII doesn't give any verdict on Corruption, Poverty, Injustice, Lawlessness, Honor Killings, and the list goes on."

Mr Sikander, I second you on this....and so do so many of our countrymen.....

Not again!

Blind leading the deaf.

Lets be a better human being instead of paying too much attention to religion

Pakistan should get rid off stupids ASAP, sooner the better

Physics department should be named after Maulanaa (Dr.) Sheerani. He has contributed so much to humanity and image of Pakistan in the World.

Don't blame the messagener if you don't like message. Sherani is elected as he well educated in religious part . Change Pakistan to secular state first before getting upset on these people which are easy target than actual religion.

Shirani is not concerned about human rights, education, corruption, lack of infrastructure, healthcare, poverty, no jobs and other important issues. Irrespective of religion Dr Abdus Salaam is very well respected internationally and we should be proud of him.

I wonder if their is anything in Pakistan worth naming after CII. As a Muslim I am ashamed at their actions.

Lets hope next time CII is headed by a Scholar of International repute!

@syed "if the centre was earlier named after another person, that name should be persisted. Just like the name of Ganga Ram hospital or King Edward Medical School should not be changed" Why compare apples with onions? It should be just about honoring a noble prize winning Pakistani, the highest reward for scientific achievement and pride for a nation, period. If a Ganga Ram Hospital dean or a Edward Med school administrator gets a Nobel prize, we can all reconsider naming, there should be absolutely no sacred cows.

Please, do not make renaming of QAU Physics department a national issue. Indeed some may favor it and some may not approve it. That's fine. Having expressed your opinion on this matter is enough. I urge you all wise men/women and good people, please do not make it a prolong national discourse.

This is simply discrimination. Sheerani and his group of maulana should come up with some positive things which is beneficial for general public of Pakistan.

Who elected these guys! These people are responsible for. Pakistans backwardness.

@AKKS No its not intolerance it illiteracy to the core.

@MA , lage rahe Maulan bhai. Kudos to you to accelerate reverse gear to take Pakistan to medieval times.

Intolerant and bitter and jealous of others.

Can the government abolish the CII. This is just unnecessary burden on national exchequre. CII has been creating more confusion and controversies rather than helping the system.

Archic thinking and bigoted reaction. This body should be abolished immediately

If anyone deserves a department or a university named after him or her, it's Dr. Abdus Salam. Bigotry and ignorance must be condemned in all its forms.

A country's Legislative body has no jurisdiction over an individual's faith on his relationship with God and cannot legislate on this subject. It was a misguided move on the part of Late Mr Bhutto to have the legislature declare Ahnadis as Non-Muslim,and it should be undone in the interest of Unity and integrity of Pakistan &all citizens should be treated as equals and with respect. Period.

Professor Abdus Salam is citizen of Pakistan and have full rights to be honored for achievements.

What a disaster this CII. And totally irrelevant for the country. We welcome the decision--long -overdue--to honoring the great Dr. Abdus Salam

Please call it a day Mr. Sheerani and stop defiling the minds of the citizens. Salams

Is not this bigotry in the name of Islam? What do these scholars know of Ilm?

@Sikandar "This CII doesn't give any verdict on Corruption, Poverty, Injustice, Lawlessness, Honor Killings, and the list goes on."

Actually they did. Media and public do not fancy those!

@Ahmed "Professor Abdus Salam is citizen of Pakistan and have full rights to be honored for achievements."

Brother did you read the article? do you mean Dr. Raiz is not citizen of Pakistan or now his achievements has become zero?

These people has money for commissions and metros and no money for A NEW PHYSICS CENTER in name of Dr. Salaam? It is not tribute to rename from Dr. Riaz to Dr. Salaam. I am sure had Dr. Salaam be alive he would have rejected it.

As if we cares what he say...

@NAEEM what archiac and what not. And who decide whats

I dont think so that this type of change can bring advancement and can not make the setup more efficient and effective they have to work on other side of department to indicate the success and positive change like giving scholarships to the faculty members for Phds and students etc