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Excellent breakdown of the topic.
You nailed it.
The Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance 1979 (Ordinance No. VII of 1979) is bad.
And the Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006 is equally bad.
Why you ask?
Former husband can drag his former wife in the zina court.
Nuts!
This is neither common law nor based on any religious book.
Both need to be repealed.
Penal Code needs to be updated for various rape, etc. related laws. The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 and West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1962 need to be updated for family, divorce and other marriage related issues.
The soonest!