Earlier, on Thursday, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khurshid Shah said that those agitating on the issue despite the government’s reassurances were exploiting religion for ulterior motives.
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KARACHI: A shutter down strike was being observed in several parts of Pakistan on Friday on the call of religious parties against any proposed amendments to the blasphemy law.
KARACHI: A shutter down strike was being observed in several parts of Pakistan on Friday on the call of religious parties against any proposed amendments to the blasphemy law.
In Karachi, no public transport was available and commuters were facing difficulties.
The strike was also being observed in Lahore, Gujranwala, Peshawar, Quetta, Kashmore, Hazara division and Kandhkot.
Protest rallies and demonstrations were being carried out against any proposed amendments to the blasphemy law. In Karachi, protestors demonstrating on the Mauripur road blocked the intersection and suspended traffic.
Moreover, a report said protestors, carrying sticks and chanting anti-government slogans, blocked traffic by setting tyres on fire in Karachi’s Shirin Jinnah Colony. A police team reached the scene and persuaded the demonstrators to end the blockade, it said.
Earlier, on Thursday, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah appealed to religio-political parties to call off Friday`s strike and categorically declared that the government was not bringing any bill to amend the blasphemy law.
Shah said that after his categorical statement on the floor of the National Assembly on Wednesday an attempt to bring people on the street by exploiting religion was detrimental to the country’s interest.
He alleged that those agitating on the issue were exploiting religion for ulterior motives.
The strike call was given by the “Namoos-i-Risalat” conference held recently under the auspices of Majlis-i-Tahafuz-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat.
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