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No operation against them, Lal Masjid clerics told |
2007-06-29 |
The district administration on Thursday assured the Lal Masjid clerics that the government was not planning any action against them, Daily Times has learnt. Chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and his deputy Abdur Rashid Ghazi were anticipating police action after madrassa students raided a massage parlour in F-8/3 and kidnapped seven Chinese nationals, including six women, and three Pakistanis. The cleric brothers had threatened to declare jihad against the federal government after a heavy contingent of Rangers was deployed at Aabpara Community Centre on Thursday evening. “Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and Assistant Commissioner Farasat Ali Khan have assured me over the phone that the government is not planning any action against us,” Ghazi told Daily Times. Lal Masjid mullah threatens more abductions ![]() Rasheed said the weapons the madrassa students had were licensed, but refused to disclose the number of weapons, the channel said. He said the Lal Masjid administration did not support the MMA ideology, as the party had brought no change in NWFP. “We do not want a Taliban-style government, but we are against the present system and want an Islamic welfare system in Pakistan,” the channel quoted him as saying. |
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