Provocative Speech: Afghan cleric arrested

Maulvi Noorullah, a prayer leader at Jamia Masjid Taizai, was arrested on charges of delivering a provocative speech.


Our Correspondent January 30, 2015

PABBI: An Afghan cleric was arrested by the police in Pabbi, Nowshera district on Friday. Officials said Maulvi Noorullah, a prayer leader at Jamia Masjid Taizai, was arrested on charges of delivering a provocative speech. Pabbi police registered a case against him. He is the first prayer leader in the province to be arrested on charges of inciting violence against the state following the APS, Peshawar attack.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31st, 2015.

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