There is no movement in Pakistan called Taliban: Fazlur Rehman

JUI-F chief says students of religious seminaries are more respectable than Rehman Malik.

KARACHI:
Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman refuted on Monday that there was "Taliban" movement in Pakistan, reported Express News.

Speaking to the media, Rehman condemned the attack on a religious seminary leader in Karachi on Monday and said that the students of religious seminaries were more respectable than Interior Minister Rehman Malik.


He also said that the people from religious seminaries were being targeted through a planned conspiracy and Karachi is being “bathed in blood” in every way.

Earlier during the day, Mufti Ismail of Jamia Arabia Ahsanul Uloom was shot dead on Abul Hassan Ispahani Road sparking violent protests in some parts of the city. Students of his madrassah came out on roads in protest, while unidentified men also attacked public property.

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