The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has urged the authorities concerned to take action against the organisers of Asma Jahangir Conference for “defaming judiciary, army and other institutions of the country”. They said that it was not right to link the mistakes of a few individuals with the institutions and to use foul language against the security institutions of the country. The also appealed the oragnisers — Supreme Court Bar Council and Pakistan Bar Council — to take action against those who spread the “anti-Pakistan propaganda” in the conference. “This reveals the real agenda of Asma Jahangir Conference… the individuals who attack ideology of Pakistan and Islamic beliefs were invited to the conference,” the PUC added. A day earlier, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry chose not to attend the Asma Jahangir Conference in protest against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s address, saying that allowing an absconder to speak along with Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and other judges is akin to contempt of judges and judiciary.

Source: The Express Tribune November 23, 2021 04:20 UTC