KARACHI - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman has said that PPP-led Sindh government is not playing its role in providing adequate security to the clerics.
They were being labeled as terrorists on making their own security arrangement.  People were being killed on sectarian and ethnic basis. It seems that the authorities, instead of controlling the situation, have closed the eyes over the issue, he added. He was talking to the media men at Jamia Binoria Karachi on Wednesday. Jamia Binoria head Mufti Naeem, Qari Usman, Maulana Ghulam Rasool, Maulana Noman, Maulana Hammad Ullah and other leaders of the JUI-F were also present on the occasion.
Fazl visited Jamia Binoria to express sympathy over the killing of Mufti Masood, son-in-law of Mufti Naeem. He also lashed out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek which are currently staging sit-in in Islamabad to overthrow the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government. He said the protesting parties were facing political death by prolonging the unconstitutional protest drive in Islamabad. “Now they are making efforts to find a safe passage to secure their political careers. Protesting parties have not gathered to bring any revolution in the country instead ruining the society by staging dance shows,” he added.
Maulana said the recent floods had put the lives and properties of the people at stake in the country. The protesting parties instead of helping the flood victims are holding musical concerts. It is the need of the hour that we should all support the flood victims and those displaced owing to the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation, he added.    The JUI-F chief further said the government should take strong action against the activists if our party stage protest in the federal capital over the assassination of the clerics. Condemning the killing of Mufti Masood, he said currently the clerics, seminary students and party workers were being assassinated. The government has locked its lips over the issue and not even providing any suitable security to them, said Fazal. To a question, he said the politics of sit-ins were badly hampering the economic activities. He termed the postponement of Chinese President’s visit to the country a severe blow to country’s economy.