RAWALPINDI, October 6: The Youm-e-Shuhada was observed on Friday in Federal Capital Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and all the four provinces to pay homage to the Shuhada of the religion and motherland including Shaheed Muhammad Hussain Shad, Ashraf Ali Rizvi, and Safdar Ai Naqvi on the call of Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi. Quran Khwani, Majalis-e-Tarheem and prayer gatherings were organised in all small and big cities and towns in which it was reiterated that the sacrifices of the Shuhada will not be let go waste and no sacrifice would be spared for the protection of Two-Nation Theory. In Rawalpindi, a huge protest demonstration was staged against the American blasphemous movie under the auspices of Hayyat Tulaba-e-Islam during which the protesters carried banners and placards inscribed with different slogans.

Earlier, Mufti Basim Zahiri addressing the Youm-e-Shuhada Majlis at Ali Hall said that protection of high religious values and achievement of targets had been the habit of Khasan-e-Khuda, the representatives of Allah confronted dictators, tyrant rulers, and oppressors in every era and did not hesitate in offering any sacrifice in this struggle. He said Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam and all Makatib played an equal role in its creation and development. He said about a quarter century ago when a tyrant ruler tried to turn it into a State of a particular thought contrary to the motherland’s ideology, the Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya not only stopped them from doing so rather thwarted that heinous conspiracy by taking over the Pakistan Secretariat in 1980. But, he added, when they again tried to do so on the desire of some satanic powers by adopting the policy of ‘divide and rule’, the TNFJ started a peaceful agitation and courted 14,000 arrests.

Basim Zahiri said Syed Safdar Hussain Naqvi (Rawalpindi), and Syed Ashraf Ali Rizvi (Mailsi, Multan) kissed Shahadat as a result of which Junejo-Moosavi agreement came into being on May 21, 1985 and today the official religion of Pakistan is not any sect or Maktab but Islam. He said the colonial powers are after Islam and the Islamic World and were challenging the honour of Muslims by humiliating the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet (PBUH & HHP) and the pious personalities of Islam. He called upon the ICC to take suo moto notice of the above stated blasphemous movie and give exemplary punishment to the culprits fulfilling the norms of justice and fair-play so that no one could have the courage to humiliate Allah and His Holy Prophet l (PBUH & HHP).

A Majlis-e-Tarheem was organised at Shoeb-e-Abi Talib under the auspices of Anjuman Kaneezan-e-Imam Al-Asr Waz Zaman. Apa Syeda Hussain addressed. Fateha Khwani was also performed for the Shuhada on this occasion. The TNFJ Punjab President Allama Syed Hussain Muqaddasi addressed a Majlis-e-Tarheem at Masjid and Imambargah Ahle Bait while District President Allama Basharat Hussain Imami addressed a Majlis organised at Central Imambargah Qasr-e-Khadijatul Kubra under the auspices of TNFJ District Islamabad Youm-e-Shuhada Committee.