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Wife of detained Lal Masjid cleric calls on Shujaat
Umme Hasaan, wife of detained militant cleric Abdul Aziz, met Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain at his house. This was Shujaats second meeting with Umme Hasaan since her husbands arrest, in which Shujaat assured her of his partys full support. According to a press statement issued by Shujaats media cell, Umme Hasaan told Shujaat that her husbands health was deteriorating in jail.Shujaat assured all possible help to Abdul Azizs family, who was arrested last year during Operation Silence against clerics holed up in Lal Masjid. Meanwhile, Shujaat told a meeting of party candidates from Rawalpindi that the PML-Q would introduce Quranic education as a compulsory subject in public schools once his party is back in power. He said the party intended to turn Pakistan into an Islamic welfare state. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-26 |
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