report in The Express Tribune, Dec 31, 2023PESHAWAR: In a bid to alleviate escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a delegation of religious scholars, headed by the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) chief Mullana Fazal Ur Rehman, is set to depart for the Afghan capital on January 3, a reliable source from Kabul confirmed. The source, in a conversation over the phone, told The Express Tribune that the Ministry of Interior and the Foreign Office have finalised…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 04, 2023 at 9:18 PMThe religious clerics of various countries have visited Afghanistan over the last two years and met with officials of the Islamic Emirate to discuss various issues, including girls’ education and women’s access to work. The Islamic Emirate came to power on August 15, 2021. In July 2022, a number of religious clerics came from Pakistan and in October 2022, a religious clerics’ delegation from Turkey arrived…
report in The News, Sept 11, 2023KARACHI: Religious scholars on Sunday pledged to continue their struggle against the blasphemers until effective legislation and comprehensive amendments to the Constitution were done, adding that in any society, it is not permissible for an individual to speak against the holiest personalities of another community. They expressed these views in a conference called “Azmat-e-Sahaba Wa Ahlul Bayt Istehkam-e-Pakistan,” which took place at Shahrah-e-Quaideen on Sunday under the auspices of…
by Syed Sheheryar Raza Zaidi in Dawn, August 29th, 2023The writer is a lawyer.AMONG the many existential crises Pakistan faces, the plight of its minorities and the downtrodden seems to be the least of the state’s worries. In all the perceived concern for Pakistan’s economic plight and the fundamentals of its Constitution, the people of Pakistan — that is, its constituents — have been left at the mercy of mobs, religious fanatics and feudal lords.…
REPORT IN THE EXPRESS Tribune, AUG 18, 2023WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday said Pakistan was fully determined to protect and promote the constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms of the individuals belonging to religious minorities. In a statement, she said as a country of law and constitution, Pakistan could not accept the intolerant and violent acts in yesterday’s incident in Faisalabad. The statement came as the United States on Wednesday had…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, August 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: As a mob burnt down churches and houses of the Christian community over an unverified case of blasphemy in Jaranwala on Wednesday, members of the religious minorities cried out for justice and said they were left at the mercy of the angry mob. Church of Pakistan President Bishop Azad Marshall said in a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), “Words fail me as I write this, We, bishops,…
Report in The News, March 26, 2023The chief of the East Range police, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Muqadas Haider, on Saturday announced the arrest of two suspects involved in the recent murder of Maulana Sufi Abdul Qayyum in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. In a media briefing at the East SSP Office, DIG Haider said the suspects involved in the killing of the religious scholar, the case of which was registered under the sections 302/34 at the Gulistan-e-Jauhar police…
By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, March 22nd, 2023KARACHI: A religious scholar was shot dead in what police described as a targeted attack in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday morning. The area police said that Mufti Abdul Qayyum, 45, was targeted by two assailants in Block-9 at around 7am when he was returning home after offering Fajr prayer. SSP-East Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said that the scholar was on foot when two men on a motorcycle intercepted him, fired…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 22, 2023Amid the spread of measles virus in several local units of Banke, health authorities have sought help from religious leaders, especially Muslim preachers (Maulanas), in the ongoing immunisation drive. Officials hope that vaccine coverage will be increased with the help of preachers, as people of certain religious groups trust them more than health officials. “We have been taking help from religious leaders, especially Maulanas, in the…
report in Dawn, December 30th, 2022BAJAUR: Unknown assailants shot dead a local religious leader Maulana Azizullah Tahiri in Khar bazaar here on Thursday. Maulana Azizullah, a resident of Shenki Alizo area, was on way to his bookshop when unidentified attackers opened fire on him at Khar bazaar’s main chowk at about 10am, district police officer Shaukat Ali told this correspondent. According to Rescue 1122 officials, the 42-year-old religious leader who was also a member of…