The administration of Lal Masjid on Sunday vowed to stop the sale of alcohol in the federal capital. “We have received a complaint from a woman about a notorious man selling liquor in Sector F-7,” Abdul Rashid Ghazi, deputy cleric of Lal Masjid, told Daily Times. “We have also heard that the businessman is bribing the police each month, We’ll first ask the government to take action against him and if it fails then we will personally see to him,” he said. He would not identify the complainant.
Meanwhile, he said Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had phoned him and reiterated that his desire to resolve the government-Lal Masjid standoff peacefully. “Chaudhry Shujaat phoned me and said that he was going to attend a meeting where the affairs of Lal Masjid would be discussed. However, he also told me that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was likely to create problems in this regard,” he said. “We are waiting for the government’s reply, but we think that Chaudhry Shujaat is also doing what he can,” Ghazi said. |