Shia Ulema Council Pakistan, Sindh President, Allama Syed Naazir Abbas Taqvi, said on Wednesday that people belonging to his party had been arrested in Punjab under the National Action Plan (NPA) while the police have banned their religious gatherings on charge of spreading hatred among masses. He said they would take out rallies all over Sindh on September 5, 2015, to condemn the actions taken against his party’s men.
Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, he said they had been biggest victim of ongoing terrorism in Pakistan. He said their people were killed after identification, but they adopted tolerance despite such acts for the sake of peace in the country. He said they had played their due role in formation of grand coalition of parties in which all parties agreed for action against terrorists ruining peaceful environment in the country.
He said they hoped that through the NPA, all desired goals would be fulfilled. Taqvi said keeping aside AbbasTown, Ashoora and Hayatabad incidents for the moment, six months had passed, but no culprit of Shikarpur incident had been arrested despite a committee was formed in this regard.
He said in the guise of NAP, their Ulemas were being harassed and if this plan was diverted in another direction, they would not tolerate. He said they did not obey any plan if it disturbed religious rituals. He demanded that imbalanced policy should be ended.
He said the action against sectarian people in Punjab should be brought to an end. He announced that Islami Tehreek Pakistan would take part in local government elections throughout Sindh.