Shia Ulema Council demands suspension of Rehman Malik

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Shia Ulema Council (SUC) has demanded the government to suspend Interior Minister Rehman Malik for his suggestion to limit religious activities as terrorist attacks can be avoided.

The Secretary of the SUC for Sindh, Nazir Abbas Naqvi, during his press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday, was of the view that Rehman Malik being the interior minister, should avoid passing such advice.

He said that the government should take appropriate measures. Naqvi said that the Punjab government was not serious in the formation of the Judicial Commission. SAMAA

Pakistan Ulema Council Announced 3 Day Mourning On Hyderi Killing

PAKISTAN, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ulema Council, condemning the killing of founder-patron of outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Allama Ali Sher Hyderi, Monday announced to observe three-day mourning across the country.

Talking to Geo News, Central Secretary Information of the council Naseerud Din said Allama Hyderi was the patron-in-chief of the banned outfits Sipah-e-Sahaba and Millat-e-Islamia.

He founded another organization, Ahle-Sunnat-wal-Jama’at after the killing of Maulana Azam Tariq and banning of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Millat-e-Islamia, of whose, he was patron-in-chief.

Naseerud Din said Ulema Council’s President hafiz Tahir Ashrafi and other office-bearers condemned the incident in the strongest words and held the incident of Hyderi’s killing a conspiracy to exacerbate the situation of communal harmony.