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— kick out JI delegation

ISLAMABAD: Seminary students, who took control of Lal Masjid on Friday, thrashed and kicked Jamat-e-Islami (JI) leaders out of the mosque, accusing them of playing politics over dead bodies of their colleagues. A JI delegation, led by MMA deputy general secretary Liaqat Baloch, came to mosque shouting anti-government slogans. Mian Aslam, MNA from Islamabad, Syed Bilal, the JI district president, and Sirajul Haq, a former minister of NWFP, were among the delegation. The seminary students beat up the delegation and forced it out of the mosque as they tried to enter the main hall. The students said the JI was politicizing the issue. “Where were you when our sisters and mothers were dying here and our colleagues were being killed brutally? We will not allow you to offer prayer here. You have come here for politics. You better go to London and hold your meetings,” an enraged student told the JI delegation. These JI mullahs then came out of the mosque and offered prayer on the main road. Sirajul Haq led the prayer. Later, Liaqat Baloch told reporters that ‘agencies’ men’ were in the mosque in place of seminary students. He said the ‘agencies’ men’ thrashed the JI delegation. The seminary students also misbehaved with reporters and cameramen. They alleged that media, especially TV channels, presented a biased version of events. irfan ghauri

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