CM Maryam demands evidence to substantiate claims that 600 TLP workers died during clashes with police<\/p>\n
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz addresses religious scholars of the Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee at the Chief Minister\u2019s House on Wednesday, with Grand Mufti Mufti Muneebur Rehman seated alongside. Photo: Facebook <\/p>\n
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that mosques and seminaries\u00a0previously linked with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan have been placed under the supervision of Mufti Muneebur Rehman, urging ulema to help steer the public away from extremism.<\/p>\n
Addressing religious scholars from the Ittehad Bain-ul-Muslimeen Committee at the Chief Minister\u2019s House on Wednesday, Maryam clarified that the government had not taken control of the religious institutions but entrusted them to senior clerics for proper management.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mosques and madrassas that we have sealed have been handed over to Mufti Muneebur Rehman. I have not kept them under my control, nor have I assigned them to my Auqaf department. I have entrusted them to you all because I believe you will use them to promote religion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Maryam announced that the Punjab government would provide a monthly honorarium of Rs15,000 to 65,000 prayer leaders, adding that her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, had directed that this allowance be raised further to Rs25,000. She reminded scholars that the loudspeaker law must be respected, allowing its use only for the azan and Friday sermon.<\/p>\n
Demands proof of TLP casualties<\/strong><\/p>\n Responding to claims circulating online that 600 TLP workers were killed during recent clashes, Maryam demanded evidence to substantiate the allegation. \u201cIt is being claimed that 600 TLP men have been killed \u2014 then show me the bodies,\u201d she said. \u201cSomeone must have made a video. Let us at least see where the bodies are.\u201d<\/p>\n She directly referred to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who posted the claim on his X account. \u201cA person sitting in Adiala Jail tweeted that 600 people were killed. If that many were dead or injured, there must be videos or hospital records. Even Mufti Muneeb has asked for an accurate list \u2014 we will release it, but we cannot accept a false claim of 600 deaths. If that many people had died, their bodies would form a mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n Also Read<\/strong>: Imaan Mazari’s husband arrested in ‘controversial’ tweet case<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier this month, violent clashes erupted in Muridke<\/a> during TLP\u2019s long march, leaving at least four people, including police personnel and civilians, dead, and 56 others injured. Factory Area SHO Shehzad Nawaz was shot and martyred during the confrontation.<\/p>\n The federal government later banned<\/a> TLP, following a request from the Punjab government, citing violent extremism and attacks on law enforcement.<\/p>\n Maryam said religious parties had every right to political participation but condemned the use of force and vigilantism. \u201cEvery party has a right to do politics,\u201d she said. \u201cBut taking up arms, blocking roads, burning property, and taking lives in the name of religion can never be acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n She said TLP\u2019s sites functioned as weapon depots. \u201cCash bundles were recovered from their offices, and weapons were found that even our security agencies don\u2019t possess. 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