Religious parties criticise govt over anti-seminaries campaign

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LAHORE: A delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) headed by Deputy Chairman of the Senate, Maulana Abdul Ghaafoor Haidari, has met Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, at his residence on Friday.

Both political parties expressed concerns over raids at mosques, seminaries and the arrests clerics and Madrassah’s students.

Speaking on the occasion, Liaqat Baloch said that the government was trying to deviate from the religious goal of the country established in the name of Islam but the religious parties would not allow that.

He said that a tiny secular lobby in the country was conspiracies against the Islamic laws and values of the country. He said the religious parties had decided to call a joint meeting on the issue.

He condemned the murderous attack at MQM leader Rashid Godel and said this was a conspiracy to detract the national action plan going against terrorism. He said the religious parties condemned all forms of terrorism and had been demanding that terrorists working under any garb and name must be crushed.