July 21, 2021
LAHORE: PMâs Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Affairs Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi has appealed to all Islamic scholars and clerics to observe SOPs and precautionary steps against COVID-19 during Eidul Azha, and also ask the public to follow them.
Eid is the occasion to include the deserving, poor and the destitute in joys and celebrations, but the fourth wave of COVID-19 was becoming a serious threat to the country with spike in corona cases, he said while addressing a joint press conference Monday along with noted scholars including Maulana Abdul Wahab Ropari, Maulana Muhammad Khan Leghari, Maulana Asadullah Farooq, Maulana Muhammad Ali Naqshbandi, Maulana Muhammad Rafiq Jami, Allama Syed Ziaullah Shah Bukhari, Allama Zubair Abid, Allama Muhammad Hussain Akbar, Allama Tahir-ul-Hassan, Maulana Muhammad Aslam Siddiqui, Maulana Abdul Qayyum Farooqi, Qari Abdul Hakim Athar and Maulana Qasim Qasmi.
Ashrafi warns of COVID threat at Eid congregations, cattle markets
July 20, 2021
LAHORE: PM’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Affairs Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi has appealed to all Islamic scholars and clerics to observe SOPs and precautionary steps against COVID-19 during Eid ul Azha, and also ask the public to follow them.
Eid is the occasion to include the deserving, poor and the destitute in joys and celebrations, but the fourth wave of COVID-19 was becoming a serious threat to the country with spike in corona cases, he said while addressing a joint press conference Monday along with noted scholars including Maulana Abdul Wahab Ropari, Maulana Muhammad Khan Leghari, Maulana Asadullah Farooq, Maulana Muhammad Ali Naqshbandi, Maulana Muhammad Rafiq Jami, Allama Syed Ziaullah Shah Bukhari, Allama Zubair Abid, Allama Muhammad Hussain Akbar, Allama Tahir-ul-Hassan, Maulana Muhammad Aslam Siddiqui, Maulana Abdul Qayyum Farooqi, Qari Abdul Hakim Ath
SIALKOT: Four shopkeepers were arrested for decanting in various areas of the district.During a continued drive against illegal business of decanting, police teams along with Civil Defence officers.
Pakistan rejects EU resolution on religious freedoms
May 8, 2021 Prime Minister Imran Khan
The Government of Pakistan, have rejected the recent European Union (EU) resolution of leadership of different religions and religious schools of thought in the country
Addressing a joint press conference with representatives of different religions and religious sects here on Saturday, Hafiz Ashrafi 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.
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.
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.