Source: Pakistan Today
ISLAMABAD – All Pakistan Ulema Council and Pakistan Interfaith League on Monday formed an Alliance to promote Interfaith Harmony and Peace in the country and stand united to curb all acts of religious extremism.
Both the parties decided to form a special committee for investigating the present situation regarding the Blasphemy case whereby an 11 year old Christian girl Rimsha Massih has been accused of burning Quranic scripture. The committee comprises of Maulana Tahir-ul-Ashrafi, Chairman All Pakistan Ulema Council, Sajid Ishaq, Chairman Pakistan Interfaith League, Chairman Tehrik e Tahaffuz-e-Madaris e Deenya Maulana Zahid Mehmood Qasmi, General Secretary Khatam-e-Naboowat Maulana Yousaf Hassan, Sarbarah Jameeat-e-Ulema Ahle-Hadees Qazi Abdul Qadeer Khamosh, Additional Session Judge (Retd) & Divisional President Pakistan Interfaith League Gabriel Francis, and Assistant Commissioner (Retd) & Divisional President Pakistan Interfaith League Advocate Aslam Bhatti.
The Special Committee assigned the task of investigating the Rimsha Case to Gabriel Francis, Additional Session Judge (Retd) and Divisional President Pakistan Interfaith League to work in close collaboration with Police and concerned authorities and present the findings of the investigation to the Special Committee.
A Joint Consultative Session of Pakistan Interfaith League and All Pakistan Ulema Council was held in Islamabad on Monday, which was chaired by Sajid Ishaq, Chairman Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) and CEC Member PTI and Maulana Tahir-ul-Ashrafi, Chairman All Pakistan Ulema Council.
The participants included Chairman Tehrik e Tahaffuz-e-Madaris e Deenya Maulana Zahid Mehmood Qasmi, General Secretary Khatam-e-Naboowat Maulana Yousaf Hassan, Sarbarah Jameeat-e-Ulema Ahle-Hadees Qazi Abdul Qadeer Khamosh,Additional Session Judge (Retd) & Divisional President Pakistan Interfaith League Gabriel Francis, Assistant Commissioner (Retd) & Divisional President Pakistan Interfaith League Advocate Aslam Bhatti, other renowned Muslim and Christian religious leaders, Sikh and Hindu representatives. The victimised families of Meherabadi were also present at the Press Conference.
They reflected upon the current situation and the growing threat to the non-Muslims of Pakistan. It was discussed with great concern that over the past few years innumerable innocent people were wrongly accused and killed in the name of religion.
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