Voting for PML-N after this amendment will be haram: Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council

Says all Ahl-e-Sunnat processions will march to Islamabad on 12th Rabbiul Awwal to demand govt resignation

Even though tension between the government and the Tehreek-e-Labbaik has defused after Zahid Hamid’s resignation as law minister, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, the Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), says the issue is far from over.

While declaring it heretical (haram) to vote for the PML-N, Raza also warned of a march towards Islamabad on 12the Rabiul Awwal if the incumbent government did not resign over its “bid to amend” the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat oath for lawmakers.



Speaking to a private TV channel on the Faizabad incident, he said a government conspiracy had come to the fore, leading to a unanimous decision amongst all factions of the Ahl-e-Sunnat alliance to declare it heretical (haram) to vote for the PML-N.

“We have made a unanimous decision and a fatwa will be issued in the next few days that voting for the PML-N will be haram after their bid to amend the [Khatam-e-Nabuwwat] clause,” he said.

When asked what the elections had to do with religion, he said that Nawaz Sharif had been so vocal after he was disqualification by the Supreme Court, but he did issue a single statement on the religious issue.



“There was no statement from Nawaz, nor from his daughter or sons or any intellectual from his party. Everyone was quiet,” he said.

The SIC chairman refused to accept that the decision to amend the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat clause was not intentional, and quoted an incident from parliament the day the amendment was proposed.

“When the bill was presented on the floor of the upper house in front of the Senate chairman, [JUI-F lawmaker] Hafiz Hamdullah raised reservations, but the federal law minister [Zahid Hamid] opposed them, pressing that they [the government] could not go for restoration,” he said.

Claiming a government conspiracy, Raza said if the government did not step down, all Ahl-e-Sunnat processions, numbering in millions, will march towards Islamabad demanding the resignation of the incumbent government. “It has been a unanimous decision,” he added.