*Information Minister Shibli Faraz said on Tuesday that JUI-F leader MuftiKifayatullah made “extremely shameful” remarks on a TV show which weretantamount to “pleasing” the enemy.*
The minister said that anti-army statements of opposition members werebeing run as breaking news by the Indian media.
“Their remarks are being run as breaking news on Indian TV channels,” hesaid at a press conference in Islamabad. “Willingly or unwillingly, you arebecoming a tool of the enemy.”
Earlier in the day, the federal cabinet approved registration of a treasoncase against Mufti Kifayatullah under Article 6 of the constitution overhis anti-army statement.
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Officials of the interior ministry told the cabinet that the ministry haddecided to file a case against the JUI-F leader in Lahore.
Shibli told reporters that several paramilitary soldiers were martyred in aterrorist attack in Balochistan just two days ago but the PakistanDemocratic Movement leaders didn’t even say a single word about them at theLarkana rally.
