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" LAW ON QISAS AND DIYAT AND ITS APPLICATION LAW ON QISAS AND DIYAT AND ITS APPLICATION   By   Mr. Justice (Retd.) Mian Qurban Sadiq Ikram   The Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Ordinance No.VII of 1990 (hereinafter referred to as the Ordinance) was made and promulgated on September 5, 1990, to come into force on 12th day of Rabi‑ul‑Awwal 1411 A.H. i.e. subject to appearance of moon, on October 3, 1990.   Excepting substituted sections 309, 310 and 338‑E, P.P.C. (waiver and compounding of Qisas in Oatl‑i‑Amd and hurt) nothing in Chapter XVI (Offences affecting human body) as amended/substituted by the Ordinance shall apply to cases pending before any Court, immediately before commencement of the Ordinance nor to offences committed before such commencement. This means, firstly, that the Ordinance will not operate retrospectively; secondly, that all pending cases will continue to be tried under existing law; thirdly, that any offence committed before commencement will be tried under repealed law and fourthly that the parties will forthwith, be permitted to avail benefit of substituted sections 309, 310 and 3.38‑E, P.P.C. in pending cases.   In the interpretation and application of provisions of this Chapter and in respect of matters ancilliary or akin thereto, as provided in section 338‑F, P.P.C. the Courts shall be guided by the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah. I recommend two books for all judicial officers and members of Bar:   (i) "Al‑Qisas‑Al‑Fiqah Islami"‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑‑translation by Maulana Syed Abdur Rehman Bokhari, published by Dyal Singh Trust Library, Lahore.   (ii) "Qisas…