![]() ![]() ![]() The commission titled the ‘Rashid Commission’ was set up in June of 1955. Post the independence of 1947, consistent pressure from women’s group’s led to the setting up of a commission on the law regulating marriage and families. This was the promise of Pakistan for both, individuals and families and the country has since legislated to enable families to avail laws conforming to Islamic principles. Accordingly the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 (Article 2A) guaranteed Muslims the ability to lead there lives in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Pakistan came into being on the premise of the Pakistan Movement’s ‘Two Nation theory’, according to which Muslims were to be granted a separate nation. ‘Verily, women are the twin halves of men.’
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