 The sharia-compliant "Qisas" and "Diyat" law made murder a private offense, not a crime against society or state, and thus the pursuit, prosecution, and punishment for murder has become the responsibility of the victim's heirs and guardians.The Pakistan Penal Code modernized the Hanafi doctrine of "qisas" and "diya" by eliminating distinctions between Muslims and non-Muslims.Controversies arising from the Diyat law of Pakistan involve cases of honor killings of girls, where the killers were employed by the same family members of the victim who under the Diyyah law have the power to forgive the killer the loophole was corrected in 2016.