Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat

	Monday, December 13, 2010 Muharram 07, 1432 A.H.
Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat

Monday, December 13, 2010
News Desk

RAWALPINDI: Major religious parties of the country have announced to launch a campaign for upholding the sanctity of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) against the proposed against the proposed amendment in the blasphemy act, Geo News reported on Sunday.

This was decided in a meeting of religious parties convened by the Markazi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat here. Syed Munawar Hassan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F, Allama Sajid Naqvi, Professor Sajid, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Sahibzada Abulkhair Muhammad Zubair, Pir Atiqur Rehman and other religious leaders participated in the meeting.

They announced for launching the campaign in a joint press conference after the meeting. A seven-member committee was also constituted to chalk out a strategy for holding meetings, processions, wheel-jam strikes and a sit-in outside parliament. The committee will meet on Dec 15 in Islamabad.

The participants stated that the only punishment for blasphemy was capital punishment, adding that no one had the right to amend this law. They further said that the private member bill by Sherry Rehman and measures of the Punjab governor reflected the American agenda.

URL: www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=2636&Cat=13

SIC warns against any change in blasphemy law

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

SIC warns against any change in blasphemy law

Published December 01, 2010

LAHORE — While rejecting the parliamentary committee constituted by the Prime Minister for proposing amendments in blasphemy laws, Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has warned the government of tough resistance if it undertakes any effort to amend the Islamic laws.

Sahibzada Fazal Karim, the SIC chief, expressed these views while addressing a Press conference at Lahore Press Club along with other leaders of the council on Tuesday.

He said no amendment could be made in the blasphemy laws according to the Article 227 of 1973 Constitution.

He informed that the SIC had formed a delegation to hold meetings with the members of Senate and national and provincial assemblies to convince them to deter government’s move to amend the blasphemy laws.

Sahibzada said the SIC delegation would also write letters to all members of the parliament in this regard.

He announced the SIC would observe a condemnation day on Friday across the country in which ulema and prayer leaders would slam the government’s repressive policies against the participants of the ‘Save Pakistan Long March’ and also adopt resolutions against government for suppressing the lovers of Holy Prophet.

Condemning the Indian atrocities in Held Kashmir, he said the leaders of SIC demanded that India not be given permanent membership of Security Council, as the New Delhi was responsible for the killing of more than 80,000 Kashmiris.

Castigating the policies of PPP-led coalition government, he claimed that the government had failed to deliver.

He further said the rulers were pursuing their personal interests only, leaving the country at the mercy of US drone attacks and terrorism.

Sahibzada said the SIC appreciated the Lahore High Court decision barring the government from pardoning the blasphemy convict, Aasia Masih, or extraditing her to the US.

He demanded that written-off loans be recovered, while the elite classes should bring their money to the country.

The SIC chief called upon the federal and provincial governments to take steps to maintain peace and harmony during the month of Muharram.

URL: www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-e...-any-change-in-blasphemy-law

SIC rejects move to amend blashphemy law

Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Zilhajj 24, 1431 A.H.

SIC rejects move to amend blashphemy law

Wednesday, December 01, 2010
By Our Correspondent
Lahore

SUNNI Ittehad Council (SIC) has rejected the parliamentary committee constituted by Prime Minister Gilani for proposing amendments to blasphemy laws and warned of tough resistance to any effort for amending Islamic legislation.

SIC has formed a high level delegation to hold meetings with Senatrs and MNAs and MPAs to convince them to reject the government move to amend the Blasphemy Laws, said Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahabzada Fazal Karim and heads of other Sunni Ittehad Council component parties while addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday.

Fazal Karim said Sunni Ittehad Council had rejected the parliamentary committee for proposing amendments to Blasphemy Laws since no amendment could be made in that law under Article 227 of the Constitution providing protection to all Islamic laws in the country.

He said Sunni Ittehad Council delegation would also write letters to all members of the parliament to plead its case and to advise them to refrain from becoming part of any attempt to amend the Blasphemy Laws.

Fazal Karim praised the members and workers of SIC, a platform of religious arties of Barelvi school of thought, for their courage and valor in resisting the police highhandedness, arrests, baton charge and teargassing to join in the SIC’s Save Pakistan Long March and announced that Sunni Ittehad Council had decided to observe a condemnation day on Friday, December 3, all over the country in which Ulema and prayer leaders would condemn the government’s repressive policies and adopt resolutions lashing out at the government to suppress the ‘Lovers of Holy Prophet (SAW)’ and the school of thought which backed Quaid-e-Azam in Pakistan Movement.

Fazal Karim, who is head of his own faction of JUP and an MNA on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ticket condemned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government of Punjab for blocking the SIC long march. He condemned general policies of the PPP-led coalition government in Islamabad for failing to deliver its electoral promises, adding that rulers were pursuing only personal interests while leaving the country at the mercy of drone attacks and terrorism which brought the country on the verge of destruction.

He said Sunni Ittehad Council praised LHC decision to bind the government against pardoning blasphemy convict Aasia Masih or to extradite her to US.

He also condemned rulers’ corruption which, accoding to him gulped down over 5 billion rupees from national kitty every year and left the country under a staggering $ 55 billion foreign debt and stressed that if rulers’ corruption could be controlled then the entire foreign debt could be paid off in one year.

URL: www.thenews.com.pk/01-12-2010/lahore/18162.htm