Tanzemat-e-Ahlesunnat has announced a nationwide protest and a full-scale strike on Friday, October 17, against the police crackdown on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) in Muridke.
The joint statement said that the Muridke incident was the darkest day in the history of Pakistan and was tantamount to genocide of the Sunnis.
The government has been demanded to immediately form a commission for an independent judicial investigation into the incident and to initiate fruitful negotiations with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
According to the statement, raids on Sunni mosques, madrasas, khanqahs, and homes should be stopped immediately, arrested leaders and workers should be released immediately, while the bodies of those who died in the Muridke incident should be handed over to their heirs. The injured should be provided with the best medical facilities.
The statement said that resolutions condemning the Muridke incident will be passed during Friday prayers in mosques across the country on October 17.
The statement strongly condemned the Taliban interim government’s defense agreement with India, calling it a betrayal of Islam and Muslims, while the continuous infiltration from Afghanistan was termed an attack on Pakistan’s sovereignty.
The meeting paid tribute to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to defend the homeland.
A meeting lasting several hours was held under the chairmanship of Pir of Manki Sharif Pirzada Muhammad Amin Qadri, in which religious and political leaders from across the country participated. They included Dr. Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Pir Abdul Khaliq Qadri, Engineer Sarwat Ijaz Qadri, Khalid Sultan Qadri, Mufti Osama Hanif Qadri, Mian Jalil Ahmed Sharqpuri, Pir Nizamuddin Sialvi, Shadab Raza Naqshbandi, Qari Zawar Bahadur, Bilal Saleem Qadri, Mir Asif Akbar Qadri, Mian Khalid Habib Elahi, Dr. Mufti Muhammad Karim Khan, Hafiz Hamid Raza Sialkoti, Qayyum Magre, Mufti Muhammad Rafiq Naqshbandi, Allama Raza Mustafa Naqshbandi, Mufti Imran Hanafi, Mufti Imran ul Hassan Farooqi, Ehsan ul Haq Siddiqui, Maulana Hamid Raza Chishti, Syed Safdar Shah Gilani, Allama Mujahid Abdul Rasool Khan, Muhammad Ali Naqshbandi, Syed Ehsan Ahmed Gilani, Pir Muazal Mustafa Qadri, Syed Wajid Geelani, Pir Zulfiqar Mustafa Hashmi, Allama Naeem Javed Noori, Allama Mumtaz Ahmed Rabbani and Sahibzada Riaz Ahmed Owaisi.
The Tanzeem-e-Ahlesunnat formed a committee for dialogue between the government and Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan to find reconciliation and a peaceful solution between the two parties.
The committee includes Dr. Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Pir Abdul Khaliq Al-Qadri, Engineer Sarwat Ijaz Qadri, Hafiz Hamid Raza Sialkoti, Khawaja Ghulam Qutbuddin, Pir Khalid Sultan Qadri, and Pir Nizamuddin Sialvi, while Pirzada Muhammad Amin Qadri of Manki Sharif will be the coordinator of the committee.
It was further decided that a summit meeting of Tanzeem-e-Ahlesunnat, Madrasas-e-Ahle Sunnat, and Masjids-e-Ahle Sunnat will be held in Faisalabad on October 22, in which the future course of action will be announced.
The Ahle Sunnah Organization (ASO) has announced a nationwide protest on Friday, October 17, indicating a complete strike, which has created a wave of anxiety among the public.
