KARACHI: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), an alliance of the Sunni Barelvi parties, announced their support to the ongoing army operation against terrorists in South Waziristan Agency.At a press conference on Sunday, they urged the government to continue the operation until all terrorists there were killed. SIC also announced a countrywide protest on November 6 against the amendment or repealing of the blasphemy law.
“The government must inform the nation about the details of arms and ammunition recovered from the terrorists and about those who were supporting these barbaric terrorists,” demanded member of National Assembly, SIC Chairman and Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim and lashed out at Taliban, Al-Qaeda and their supporters.
Sunni Tehreek (ST) chief Sarwat Ejaz Qadri, Nizam-e-Mustafa Party chief Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, Sahibzada Pir Amin-ul-Hasanat and others were also present at ST’s Markaz-e-Ahle Sunnat where Karim addressed the gathering. He criticised the statement of President Asif Ali Zardari about amending the blasphemy law and said, “We shall hold protest demonstrations.”
He expressed his deep concern over foreign interference in Pakistan’s affairs and asked the government to summon an all-parties conference to decide the national strategy to solve the issues of Balochistan and Waziristan.
He demanded the government to immediately withdraw the name of Sunni Tehreek from its watch list. SIC also demanded the government to decrease Rs 10 per litre on petroleum products, urging it to disband OGRA and transfer its powers to the parliament. staff report
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