Call for suo motu notice

Published July 9, 2007

ISLAMABAD, July 8: A meeting of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal lawmakers held here on Sunday demanded that the government should immediately halt the Lal Masjid operation and called for resolving the issue through negotiations.

They urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice and set up a judicial commission to look into the issue.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, MNA Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha said they had decided to set up four committees to coordinate efforts for resolving the issue and provide humanitarian help to people stranded in the mosque complex.

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