Takfiri terrorist Masroor Jhangvi seeks his name off fourth schedule

The takfiri son of a takfiri terrorist ringleader, who founded the notorious sectarian outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba, has approached a court on Monday for the removal of his name from the government’s list of terror suspects despite the fact that he himself has been preaching takfiri terrorist ideology of his father.

Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi, son of Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, through his counsel Tariq Asad filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court challenging the order through which his name was placed in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997 on May 9, 2014.
Masroor, after his victory in the PP-78 Jhang-II by-poll in 2016, joined another Deobandi party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) after objections were raised over his affiliation with the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba (renamed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat). It was another mockery of law that he was allowed to contest election to legislature.
His counsel, Tariq Asad, who also represents Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz and is the president of the mosque’s Shuhada Foundation, said his client had been deprived of his identity.
“The interior ministry has sealed his [Masroor’s] identity card and he can’t open or operate a bank account and draw his salary,” he added.
“Even though he is an elected representative and a legislator of the provincial assembly, my client can’t even sign an agreement or make a transaction of any kind.”
The petitioner named the Ministry of Interior secretary, the Punjab Home Department secretary, the National Database and Registration Authority chairman and the State Bank of Pakistan governor as respondents.
In his petition, Masroor submitted that his affiliation with a reputed party such as the JUI-F proved that that was not involved in any terrorist activity and should not be listed in the Fourth Schedule. This argument cannot absolve him of his crimes as the leader of mother of all terrorism because joining JUIF would not exonerate him of his past crimes.
The lawyer further told the court that he had never been convicted by a court or nominated in any criminal case. (It was due to the negligence of corrupt government officials and it doesn’t mean he is not a terrorist since he led banned terrorist outfit of his father.)