A law that would impose severe penalties on those who spread Zionist ideology and show Zionist symbols in Pakistan was adopted by the Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Thursday.
Senator Afnanullah Khan’s Criminal Law Amendment Bill aims to make Zionist propaganda illegal on the grounds that it incites violence and erodes societal cohesion.
Senator Afnanullah Khan told the committee, “Zionism spreads a divisive ideology over the world. As evidenced by recent events in Gaza, where children have been slaughtered under this philosophy, its influence is particularly harmful.
He maintained that Zionism promotes animosity and even calls for violence against dissidents, and he underlined how critical it is to limit these effects in Pakistan.
The bill claims that Zionism began as an ethnic and religious movement led by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890 but later developed into a political movement.
