JUI-F activists demand release of Mufti Kifayatullah

MINGORA: The activists of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Swat chapter on Monday staged a protest and demanded the immediate release of the party's provincial Senior Vice-President Mufti Kifayatullah.

The protesters were holding placards and chanted slogans against the government. Speaking on the occasion, JUI-F leader Ishaq Zahid condemned the arrest of JUI-F leader and demanded his immediate release. He said that Mufti Kifayatullah was arrested for attending a protest against the acquittal of Christian woman Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case. The JUI-F leader alleged that the government wanted to make Pakistan a secular state.