Interior ministry spokesman and chief of National Crisis Management Cell Brig (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema said on Tuesday that the renovation of Lal Masjid had started and it would reopen by Friday, July 27.Be the first in your hutment to attend prayers at the new Lal Masjid! | Speaking at his weekly press briefing here, he said the technical committee of Jamia Hafsa has declared the building insecure and the complex had been demolished. He said the army was not involved in its demolition and Capital Development Authority staff had carried it all out.
He said the Interior Ministry has taken serious notice of the news that copies of the Holy Quran were found from beneath the debris. A committee has been constituted to probe into the matter and stern action will be initiated against whoever is found involved, he added.
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