Ghaibana Namaz e Janaza for the Shaheed e Risalat Mumtaz Qadri offered at Mansoora

Lahore: Ghaibana Namaz e Janaza for the Shaheed e Risalat Mumtaz Qadri was offered at Mansoora lawns on Tuesday afternoon. Thousands of JI workers and the residents of the surrounding area joined the prayer. JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch led the prayer which was also attended by JI deputy chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees, Maulana Abdul Malik and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Liaqat Baloch said that Mumtaz Qadri had earned a distinct place by  embraced martyrdom whereas those executing him had blackened their faces by themselves.

He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif claimed himself to be Quai d Sani, but he was practically negating the Quaid e Azam’s principles. He said that the Quaid-e- Azam had fought Ghazi Ilmud Din’s case while Nawaz Sharif had hanged a lover of the Holy Prophet.

He said that by sending Mumtaz Qadri to the gallows, the rulers had placed the yoke of masses hatred around their neck. He said the nation would never forgive this sin of the rulers and would unite on the issue to avenge Mumtaz Qadri’s martyrdom.

Liaqat Baloch said that Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam, and nobody could end its ideological character.

The JI Secretary General strongly condemned the total blackout of Mumtaz Qadri’s execution by the media owners. He said the JI had always fought for the freedom of the press and had also undergone imprisonments for this cause. He counseled the media houses not to stifle the masses voice and warned that if the rulers ever placed restrictions on the media, the masses would not come out in their support.

JI’s deputy chief Rashid Naseem said that Mumtaz Qadri’s secret execution indicated that the rulers felt the sense of guilt. He said that President Mamnoon Husain had signed the death warrant of Mumtaz Qadri in such haste. He said the Ulema from the platform of Milli Yakjehti Council had sought time from the President but in vain. He deplored that several cases of blasphemy were still pending under the US pressure  whereas the man who had demonstrated deep love for the Holy Prophet had been hanged in the darkness of night.

Deploring the media boycott of Mumtaz Qadri’s execution,  Rashid Naseem said that the media had raised unprecedented hue and cry over video from Swat that had been proved fake by the court, but it was totally silent on the execution of a Prophet lover a was the negation of the media freedom. .