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Behind bars: JUI-F demands release of detained clerics

Threatens to protest if policy towards seminaries not reviewed.

Our Correspondent February 28, 2015

Addressing the gathering, JUI-F leaders said a number of leading and respectable clerics have been arrested by the district administration on charges of violating the ban on loudspeakers. They demanded the detained ulema be released immediately.

SWABI: Expressing concerns over the arrest of clerics in Swabi for violating a ban on the use of loudspeakers, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has urged the district administration to release the clerics or it would take to the streets.

Leaders of the party made the demand on Saturday at a conference held in Khoro Dobyan village. JUI-F Swabi Ameer Maulana Ataul Haq Darwesh and General Secretary Hakim Ihsanul Haq attended the conference along with several party workers.

Addressing the gathering, JUI-F leaders said a number of leading and respectable clerics have been arrested by the district administration on charges of violating the ban on loudspeakers. They demanded the detained ulema be released immediately.

Moreover, the JUI-F leaders also urged the government to review and amend its policies towards religious leaders and seminaries after the passage of the 21st Amendment.

The party announced two more conferences in Dagai and Maneri on March 12 and March 22, respectively.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 1^st, 2015.

COMMENTS (2)

syed @ syed | 9 years ago | Reply They me respectable Moulavis but they violated the law of the lannd and must land behind bars. If you have decided to go on streets better go for some valuable work for masses instead of saving persons violating law.

Karachiite | 9 years ago | Reply If the use of loudspeakers was banned, then under what authority did the clerics deem it OK to use them? Law's the law in Naya KPK. Hope the police does not come under pressure. Detain them to make an example for others. We've had too much of this extremist nonsense.

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