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Supreme court rules against law proposing morality police

(4 Aug 2005) APTN Islamabad - 4 August 2005 1. Wide exterior of Supreme Court of Pakistan 2. Close up scales of justice symbol on court exterior 3. Close up Pakistani flag flying at half mast (in respect for the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia) 4. Wide exterior of court and sign reading "Supreme Court of Pakistan" 5. Mid of journalists 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Zafar Azam, North West Frontier Province's law minister: "I am happy with the decision of the Supreme Court and I want to take a detailed decision of the court after that we will decide what we will do on the next step." 7. Cutaway to photographers 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Zafar Azam, North West Frontier Province's law minister: "We are happy because we win our case eighty...eighty five per cent." 9. Mid shot Malik Zafar Azam with North West Frontier Province lawmakers leaving court 10. Wide of exterior of Supreme Court APTN FILE Peshawar - July 14, 2005 ++PLEASE NOTE THIS MATERIAL IS MUTE++ 14. Mid shot of speakers bench 15. Speaker of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) provincial assembly announcing passing of Hasba bill 16. North West Frontier Province's law minister Malik Zafar Azam, with other lawmakers supporting the bill celebrating 17. Various of female religious alliance lawmakers waving copies of the bill in celebration STORYLINE: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday said parts of a law that aims to establish a Taliban-style morality police in a conservative northwestern province of the country are against the constitution. In a brief ruling the court urged the governor of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) not to sign the bill into law in its "present form." The province's assembly, which is dominated by a coalition of radical Islamic groups, on July 14 approved an "Accountability Act" that called for establishment of a department to ensure adherence to "Islamic values in public places." The bill seeks to discourage entertainment outlets and businesses from operating during weekly Friday prayers. It proposes that violators could be jailed for up to six months or fined. Pakistan's president General Pervez Musharraf filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking an order to strike the bill down. A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court that heard the petition said it will give reasons for its decision later and explain which parts of the provincial legislation are against the constitution. Malik Zafar Azam, the province's law minister and a supporter of the bill told reporters at the Supreme Court after its ruling that the bill would be reintroduced with some amendments, but said he was happy with the Supreme Court ruling. The six-party Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal or United Action Forum swept to power in North West Frontier Province in parliamentary elections in 2002 mainly on a platform of support for Afghanistan's former ruling Taliban and opposition to the United States. The provincial government has already banned music on public buses, prohibited male doctors from treating female patients and restricted men from watching or coaching female athletes, acts it deems to be against Islam. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...