National
May 3, 2021
LAHORE: Special Aide to Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has said the leadership of different religions and religious schools of thought in the country, as well as the government of Pakistan, have rejected the recent European Union (EU) resolution.
Addressing a joint press conference with representatives of different religions and religious sects here on Saturday, he said the EU resolution was based on ignorance of facts and false propaganda, as not a single case of misuse of blasphemy laws was reported in the country during the last six months.
Hafiz Ashrafi, who is also chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), said that difference between freedom of expression, freedom of religion and blasphemy was very explicit and clear. The laws of Pakistan guarantee protection of rights of all citizens of the country. The Constitution protects the rights of minorities living in Pakistan, added Ashrafi.
ATC acquits 26 MQM workers in illegal explosives case
Party workers were booked after a raid at Nine Zero in 2015
PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
After a passage of six year, an anti-terrorism court acquitted on Friday 26 persons booked in an illegal explosives case following a raid at the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters, Nine Zero.
Issuing the verdict on 54 cases, the court acquitted 12 MQM workers, including Faisal alias Mota, Ubaid alias K-2, Nadir Shah, Amir alias Sar Phata, Amir alias Totla, Imtiaz, Abdul Qadir, Kazim Raza, Muhammad Amir, Shakeel, Mahmood Hasan, Muhammad Abid and Farhan Shabbir alias Mullah.
The party workers were booked under the Sindh Arms Act, 2013 and Explosives Substances Act, 1908.