PESHAWAR: Activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Friday held rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to condemn suicide attack on the party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman during a public meeting in Quetta on Thursday, and demanded arrest of the perpetrators.

The party activists took out a procession from the Namak Mandi mosque in Peshawar city, which turned into a public meeting at Qissa Khwani after passing through different roads.

The party’s provincial general secretary Maulana Shujaul Mulk and former provincial minister Maulana Amanullah Haqqani led the rally. The participants were holding banners and placards inscribed with demands for arrest of the perpetrators of the suicide blast.

Shouting slogans against the terrorists, the protesters called upon the federal and Balochistan governments to take immediate steps for arrest of those involved in the terrorist act.

They said that JUI-F had always worked for enforcement of Islamic system in the country and had very open policies, but even then its emir was targeted for the third time.

“We will give all kind of sacrifices for protection of our leader and the terrorists cannot cow us down through such coward tactics,” vowed the speakers.

Accuse the US of wanting to eliminate religious leaders in Pakistan

They demanded of the federal government to ensure protection to the JUI leadership, saying that it was duty of all the relevant security agencies to arrest the culprits.

SWABI: JUI-F workers staged a protest demonstration after the Friday prayers against the suicide attack. They gathered at the party office at Mal Lara and marched from there to Karnal Sher Khan chowk, chanting and holding placards inscribed with slogans against the suicide bombing.

Speaking to the protesters, party’s district chief Maulana Attaul Haq Darvaish said that it was the responsibility of the government to provide security to the leaders and workers of all political parties. He called for joint efforts to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the country.

KARAK: JUI-F workers took to the streets against the suicide attack on their leader in Quetta, accusing the US of wanting to eliminate those seeking enforcement of Sharia in Pakistan.

The rally was led by JUI-F district president Hafiz Ibne Ameen, general secretary Maulana Zahoor Ahmad and former provincial minister Mian Nisar Gul.

They alleged that the US after defeat in Afghanistan was now seeking removal of those striving for protecting Islamic values in the country. They resolved to foil such nefarious designs.

The JUI-F leaders said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman had been targeted third time and blamed the US for that.

BUNER: The JUI-F activists held a protest demonstration at Swari after Friday prayers to condemn the suicide bombing targeting the vehicle of Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Quetta.

The leaders and activists gathered at main chowk and blocked the Pir Baba-Mardan and Swari-Swat roads for over an hour. They were carrying banners, placards and chanted slogans against the attack.

Speaking on the occasion, party leaders Shamsul Arifeen, Estiqbal Khan, Saeedur Rehman Mufakir, Maulana Waheedur Rehman, Sardar Khan, Yousaf Ali and Israr Ahmed Khan condemned the attack and termed it a conspiracy against ulema, seminaries and mosques.

CHARSADDA: The JUI workers held a rally against the suicide attack on party’s central leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Quetta.

Addressing the party workers at Farooq Azam chowk, the leaders condemned the attack and demanded of the government to provide security to their leadership.

The rally was addressed by district emir Maulana Hashim Khan, general secretary Pir Gohar Ali, MNA Gohar Shah, former MNA Mualana Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Haji Abdur Rashid, Attaullah, Yousaf Mohmand, and others.

The speakers blamed the US for the attack on the Maulana.

BATKHELA: The JUI-F activists led by district chief Maulana Kifayatullah staged a protest against the attack on the party chief.

The activists took out a rally from Zafar Park to the Malakand Press Club, where their leaders addressed the protesters and termed the bombing an attack on Ummah. They said that the US was behind the attack, adding that linking Jandullah and other jihadi groups with the attack was a conspiracy to avert attention from the real culprits.

Published in Dawn, October 25th , 2014