NOWSHERA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has warned against attempts to make Pakistan a liberal country, saying that Pakistan had come into existence in the name of Islam and any bid to make it liberal would be resisted.

Addressing a public meeting in Hakimabad on Thursday, the JUI-F leader criticised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for “raising the slogan of liberal Pakistan” and accused him of doing it only to appease his western allies.

The rally organised to pay homage to the late Dr Sher Ali Shah was also addressed by Deputy Chairman of Senate Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, JUI-F General Secretary Amjad Khan Lahori, provincial general secretary Maulana Shujaul Mulk and others.

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Maulana Fazl alleged that by projecting the agenda of liberalism in the country the prime minister had tried to destroy the essence of the two-nation theory. He also criticised writers who had praised Mr Sharif for describing Pakistan as a liberal country.

He appealed to people to reject the agenda of Mr Sharif and show resistance to it.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2015