Daily Times

LAHORE: Leadership of Pakistan Ulema Council has demanded of Chief Justice of Pakistan to take Suo Motu action on the killing of a private college principal in Shabqadar to probe the murder. The joint statement issued by the Pakistan Ulema Council underlined that Islamic Shariah did not allow anyone to kill any innocent person based on allegations and accusations.

The joint statement issued by the Pakistan Ulema Council stated that if anyone has committed blasphemy, even then the court owned the mandate to punish the accused of blasphemy.

Self-interpretation of Islamic teachings is maligning Muslims and Islam.

The joint statement issued from Pakistan Ulema Council asserted that the killing of a private college principal in Shabqadar by a student of the very college on blasphemy allegations is very alarming as the Blasphemy Law is prevalent in the country and no one can individually or at an organizational level be allowed to kill anyone in accordance of self-interpreted explanation of Islamic Shariah.

Killing of the private college principal under blasphemy allegations is very unfortunate. If the college principal had uttered any derogatory remarks intentionally or unintentionally, the people have to move in court instead of taking the law into their own hands and killing the college principal or anyone.

Leadership of Pakistan Ulema Council including Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, Allama Abdul Haq Mujahid, Maulana Ayub Safdar, Maulana Abdul Kareem Nadeem, Maulana Abdul Hameed Watto, Maulana Matiullah Saeedi, Maulana Shafi Qasmi, Maulana Tahir Aqeel, Maulana Ashfaq Patafi, Maulana Saad Zikriya and Maulana Shafi Qasmi in a joint statement demanded of Chief Justice of Pakistan to take Suo Motu action on the killing of the principal by a college student on blasphemy allegations. Meanwhile, leadership of Pakistan Ulema Council appreciating arrest of Zainab’s killer also demanded of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to ensure speedy justice on this case by taking the killer to task.

Published in Daily Times, January 24^th 2018.