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| KP opposition protests search operation in mosque |
| 2010-10-09 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), the largest opposition party in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly NWFP, aka Terrorism Central Assembly, walked out of the House on Friday to protest the police search operation at a mosque and an adjacent madrassa (religious seminary), terming the raid deplorable and unjustified. Quoting the newspaper reports, JUI's Hafiz Akhtar Ali said the police found no terrorist at Masjid Dervaish and Jamia Imdadul Uloom Islamia during search operation on Thursday. He said the police conducted the raid due to some misunderstanding. "The attack on a mosque and a madrassa whose founder Maulana Hasan Jan was killed by bully boyz as he issued a fatwa declaring suicide kabooms haram, is deplorable," said Hafiz Akhtar. Condemning the search operation, the JUI-F parliamentary leader said the unjustified raid had damaged the reputation of the madrassa and the government should not only investigate the incident but compensate for damages as well. JUI-F's Mufti Kifayatullah, also the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa nazim of Wafaqul Madaris, said the government carried out the search operation without any reason and desecrated the mosque and the madrassa. He said two million students were studying at various madaris. He urged the government to respect the sanctity of mosques and madaris. PML-Q Nighat Yasmin Orakzai condemned the attack while ANP's Saqibullah Chamkani said the future of our children was bleak and in danger as bombing of schools was a routine matter even around the placid provincial capital. Chamkani said five schools had so far been blown up in areas adjacent to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar. He suggested the law and order be debated in the House. PML-N parliamentary leader Pir Sabir Shah said some elements were conspiring to bring bad name to religious seminaries. |
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