Mufti Muhammad Yosaf passed away in Hafizabad jail

Lahore : Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasoolallah Pakistan’s Mufti Muhammad Yosaf passed away in prison. Inna Lillahe wa Inna Elehe. He was detained in Hafizabad jail and arrested after the crackdown against TLP.

He was the uncle of Peer Afzal Qadri.

TLP spokesman said that 90 years old Mufti Muhammad Yosaf died 2 days before in Hafizabad jail and yesterday he was buried in local town.

Meanwhile ; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan Senator Sirajul Haq has expressed deep grief over the death of 90 years old uncle of Pir Afzal Qadri, in jail, and termed it an inhuman action.

In a statement here, he said that the government had imprisoned scores of people demanding the defense of the Namoos e Risalat and had put into jail the children and the aged relatives of the accused who were entitled to respect and care in every society.

He said that all over the world, senior citizens were given due respect but the attitude of the police in the Islamic Democratic Republic towards these sections was most condemnable.

He urged the rulers to deal with the aged people with respect and set them free at once.

The JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, has also expressed deep grief over the demise of the 90 year person in jail.