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Pro-banned outfit remarks by Interior Minister evoke walk out in Senate

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan’s remarks about classification of banned organisations in the Senate sparked controversy, prompting the opposition to walk out of the house in protest yesterday.

Responding to the objection to his meeting with a delegation comprising members of a banned outfit, the interior minister said outlawed sectarian organisations should not be equated with those of terrorist outfits. He also stated that unfortunately sectarian violence had been continuing for 1,300 years.
Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, who spearheaded the walkout, said before leaving the house that the banned outfit whose head had been served with tea was responsible for this violence.
The MQM Senator said the interior minister’s remarks were surprising as some sectarian organisations were more dangerous and cruel than the Taliban. Accusing the government of promoting sectarianism, Mr Mashhadi said these sectarian outfits were equally terrorists.
Chaudhry Nisar said some organisations were purely terrorists while some had clash on sectarian lines, adding that these organisations had been allowed to contest elections during the previous government.
It is also lame excuse because if the banned outfits ringleaders were allowed to contest elections during tenure of former governments, it didn’t mean that PMLN government too, follow illegal practices.

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