MANSEHRA: Spherical 300 clerics from Deoband faculty of thought on Friday declared the Rs10,000 month-to-month stipend paid by the provincial authorities to prayer leaders haram (forbidden).
The declaration was made all through a carry out organised by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl proper right here.
Performing provincial emir of the JUI-F Mufti Kifayatullah knowledgeable members that the joint decree had barred prayer leaders from receiving the federal authorities stipend by declaring it haram.
He acknowledged the price was deliberate beneath an ‘worldwide conspiracy’ in opposition to clerics.
The JUI-F chief acknowledged the PTI authorities had secured money from worldwide nongovernmental organisations to ‘buy’ loyalties of clerics and as a consequence of this truth, his event and non secular college students would improve voice in opposition to the switch.
One different speaker, Maulana Saeed Abdullah, acknowledged the Imam Conference may very well be organised proper right here on Feb 5 to steer prayer leaders from all faculties of thought to reject month-to-month stipend.
Within the meantime, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rejected the decree declaring it unjustified and unwarranted.
PTI Youth Wing president Mohammad Nisar knowledgeable reporters that the federal authorities had been paying month-to-month stipend to prayer leaders to help them deal with their household affairs correctly.
He acknowledged the JUI-F must stop spreading false propaganda in opposition to the stipend’s value.
RESIGNATIONS THREATENED: The members of an 11-strong committee formed by the chief minister to oversee the affairs of New Balakot Metropolis housing problem have warned they might step down if plots mustn't allotted to over 400 earthquake-affected households inside per week.
“The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority has prolonged been delaying the issuance of plot allotment letters to the 2005 earthquake survivors.
If the allotment doesn’t begin inside per week, we're going to step down,” committee member Mohammad Safdar Awan knowledgeable reporters in Balakot on Friday.
Mr Awan acknowledged every the provincial and federal governments must fulfil their respective commitments made to the earthquake survivors occasionally on plot allotments.
RECORD BURNT: A hearth partially burnt the doc of land in Garhi Habibullah and adjoining union councils on Thursday night.
The incident occurred on the native patwar khanna (earnings workplaces).
The people put out the hearth by using water and soil.
Garhi Habibullah police station SHO Gul Nawaz knowledgeable reporters that an investigation had been launched to find out the rationale for fireside.
He acknowledged the preliminary investigation revealed that the hearth broke out after an unidentified particular person threw a lit cigarette at seat cushions.
Printed in Dawn, January 27th, 2018