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Lahore: Suicide attack at a church in Quetta is vehemently denounced and this terrorist attack tantamounts to an attack on Pakistan and the people of Pakistan, said the leadership of the Pakistan Ulema Council.

In a joint statement, the leadership of the Pakistan Ulema Council including Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council and other office bearers; Maulana Muhammad Ayub Safdar, Maulana Abdul Hameed Watto, Maulana Abdul Kareem Nadeem, Maulana Matiullah Saeedi, Maulana Asad Ullah Farooq, Maulana Abdul Hameed Sabri, Maulana Saad Zikriya and Maulana Nauman Hashir underlined that in a muslim majority country, it is the responsibility of each and every muslim and the leadership of the muslim state to ensure protection of non-muslims living in the country.

Leadership ofthe Pakistan Ulema Council in the joint statement also asserted that terrorist elements and their supporting networks from India and Afghanistan are hatching conspiracies to create instability and security issues in Pakistan.

Published in Daily Times, December 18th 2017.