A photo showing Allama Talib Jauhari speaking during a Muharram gathering. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Jauhari was addressing a joint press conference at Karachi Press Club held to express solidarity with the Hazara community which came under attack again on February 16. A bomb attack in a Shia neighbourhood in Quetta left over 80 people dead.
Calling the current government “a sinister democracy,” Jauhari said a democratic state is desirable but the one we have now is not in the favour of the people it claims to represent.
He called on non-governmental organisations to help those affected in the Quetta carnage.
Holding the government responsible for the current mess, Jauhari said the leaders should either accept they are incompetent and resign or solve issues.
Speaking during the press conference, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) deputy convener Farooq Sattar said his party believes the attack on Hazara community is a part of a greater plot against Pakistan.
Calling the recent attack barbaric, Sattar said terrorists have got the “license to kill” is the country’s major cities.
“Terror rules Quetta, Peshawar and Karachi,” he said.
Former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, while speaking to journalists, questioned how come 1000kg explosives – used in Saturday’s Quetta bombing – travelled to the blast site undetected.
Given the recent sectarian violence in Quetta, Ahmed said security in the city should have been very tight.
The former judge also criticised that government for its failure in identifying and punishing the culprits as well as penalising the forces responsible for security.
“I think this is a manageable issue; its collective failure on the part of the government and security authorities,” Ahmed said.
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@Ali Tanoli Any 'Islam' that ignores the ahl-e-bayt (as) is a false Islam. You are far from true faith. You do not follow the nabi (saws), if you did you would not ignore his family and heirs. You merely follow kings and their yes-men
@Jibran, I believed in true islam not on pope kind of islam. and i feel sorry for every human being not just for one sect or one colour and your whole country is terrorist some are ethnic and others reliegen based may god guide u to right path amen.
Great scholar and well said, I used to listen his lectures on PTV
This was a great tragedy. However, Allama Sahab should have avoided sitting with political party leader who wanted to encash this opportunity otherwise Karachi would have not faced such situation.
@Ali Tanoli
Allama is a very learned scholor, I am not shia but I have learned a lot about Islam via his teachings, I suggest you hear his lecture 1st the man has knowledge and very good way of delivering message.
It is a thugocracy and corruptocracy.
Something is fishy when u all talk for one sect only and never say whats going on in fata and in karachi since 1984 Allama one sect sahab.
Shias should unite with sane minded Sunnis and fight this terror together. It pains me to read all these killings in Pakistan. May Allah either show the right path to these killers or destroy them.
Pah ! whats the big profound statement he made ? humpfffff