Religious parties to foil conspiracies against Islam:Liaqat Baloch

Lahore: The Steering Committee of the religious parties in the country have vowed to foil all conspiracies against the Islamic identity of Pakistan.

The Committee Chairman, Liaqat Baloch, addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club, in the presence of other members, on Tuesday, said that the existence of religious parties was a great blessing for the country especially because some materialistic and unwise elements wanted to build Pakistan as a liberal, secular state.

On the other hand, he said, the religious forces were striving for the enforcement of the Nizam e Mustafa as the country had been achieved in the name of Islam.

Liaqat Baloch said that the religious parties would hold a Nizam e Mustafa Conference at Rawalpindi on May 12, which would be followed by similar moot in Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Gilgit and in South Punjab.

He said that seminars would also be held in different cities and towns against the Women Protection law of the Punjab Assembly and rallies would be staged against the controversial law that was in conflict with the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. He said that the government would have to withdraw the Bill.

Liaqat Baloch said that the religious parties were not against women rights but they were against the particular law. He asked what prevented the government from providing quality education to the women, basic facilities of health, justice and jobs.