ISLAMABAD - JUI-F head Maulana Fazlur Rehman strongly condemned the Rawalpindi incident and said that suspension and transferring of police officials isn’t any permanent solution to the problem.
“Loudspeakers should not be used unnecessary as the practice causes concern for residents of the vicinity,” said Maulana after a meeting held here Friday.
He said the accused arrested for their involvement in attacking mosque and Imambargah had confessed before the police. He said there was a need to implement laws in letter and spirit. “By implementing laws, such kinds of crimes could be avoided,” he felt.
To a question, he opined that Council of Islamic Ideology is the best form to tackle issues related to religious matters. To another question, he said that matter about drone strikes was not discussed in the meeting.
The meeting of religious parties was attended by Munawwar Hassan, Allama Sajid Naqvi, Abdul Rahim Naqshbandi, Maulana Abdul Aziz, Maulana Abu-ul-Khair Zubair and others.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday assured JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman that the government would take into confidence all stakeholders including political parties on the matters of national importance.
“Incumbent government will take into confidence all the stakeholders into confidence on important matters,” said the PM in a meeting with the JUI-F chief.
According to a JUI-F spokesman, Maulana informed the prime minister that the tribal jirga has become active and shared its recommendations with him. Maulana said that the jirga expressed its desire to help government move forward on reconciliation with the Taliban.
The PM assured the JUI-F chief that the government would not give up on talks with the Taliban despite difficulties, the spokesman said adding Nawaz also expressed positive feelings about the jirga and said that the government is keenly following the situation in tribal areas and still committed to dialogue with the Taliban.
Both the leaders held in-depth consultations on all issues including the situation surfaced after the recent drone strikes, and underscored that drones are not acceptable as they are against the country’s sovereignty.
The PM also apprised Maulana of tripartite discussions with Afghan president Hamid Karzai, held in London recently. Both the leaders agreed that peaceful Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s interest. They stressed the importance of close‚ cooperative relations between the two countries.
Maulana hoped that the prime minister’s visit to Afghanistan would further deepen and broaden the Pak-Afghan bilateral relations, and praised his commitment to continue to support reconciliation in Afghanistan.