| Responding to ISPR spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas' statement that the sharia imposed by the Taliban is terrorism, JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman said Abbas was not a mufti to have made such a comment and his statement was the 'traditional language of the army'. Talking to a private TV channel, Fazl said statements such as that made by the ISPR spokesman had always worsened the situation. Criticising Abbas, he said the spokesman should have been asked why the army was being beaten by 500 men despite the presence of 50,000 troops in the Tribal Areas. Fazl said the Pakistani authorities were not serious in resolving the FATA issue. |