People continue to throng Akora Khattak to offer condolences

NOWSHERA: Leaders of political and religious parties and people from other walks of life continued to visit Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania to offer condolences on the third day of the martyrdom of Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani and others in Akora Khattak on Sunday.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) delegation, including its central secretary general Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Maulana Asad Mahmood, former deputy speaker Zahid Durrani and Hafiz Hamdullah, Iranian ambassador, central leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, former chief ministers, and former governors came to the Aiwan-e-Shariat Hall of Jamia Darul Uloom Haqqania and offered for the victims.

Also, the students of Darul Uloom Haqqania continued their protest sit-in for the second day against the suicide attack on Maulana Hamidul Haq.The students, alumni and scholars unanimously demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for his martyrdom.

Due to Maulana Fazlur Rehman being abroad, his son and former federal minister Asad Mahmood along with former deputy speaker Zahid Durrani and JUIF spokesperson Hafiz Hamdullah led a high-level delegation to offer condolences. In their speeches at the condolence reference, they strongly condemned the suicide attack on Maulana Hamidul Haq and the targeting of Darul Uloom by terrorism. They questioned who these people were and what religion they followed that they even target mosques, madrassas and scholars.

They emphasized the need for unity and a collective effort to resolve this crisis, calling it a serious concern for state institutions.Ex-chief minister Ameer Haider Hoti, former Governor Shah Farman, Mehtab Abbasi, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, PPP’s central leader Arbab Alamgir Khan, former federal minister Noorul Haq Qadri, and JUIF’s Member National Assembly Sheikh Aftab also addressed the reference.

They questioned who these elements were that did not even spare mosques and religious institutions.Speakers praised Maulana Hamidul Haq for his lifelong service to Islam, his efforts for public welfare and his advocacy for the protection of religious institutions at every forum. He was also part of the collective religious edict (fatwa) against terrorism and always opposed un-Islamic activities.

The deteriorating law and order situation was termed a matter of grave concern for both provincial and federal governments. They said that Darul Uloom Haqqania was one of the most prestigious religious institutions in the subcontinent.

The speakers stressed that the time had come for the government to reassess its domestic and foreign policies. They noted that in the war against terrorism, citizens, politicians, and law enforcement agencies had made immense sacrifices, and this futile war must now come to an end.