Lal Masjid opens for prayers today
- Posted by Ghaus Iftikhar on July 27th, 2007.
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Loading ...If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or E-mail Newsletter. Thanks for visiting! This news has not only brought a little relief in Islamabad, but in Pakistan too. Here is the excerpts taken from DailyTimes, The mosque would be formally opened for public for prayers from today (Friday). The CDA has demolished buildings of Jamia Hafsa and children library located adjacent to the Lal Masjid. The mosque, which was famous for its red colour, has been painted off-white. The Azan for Asar prayer was recited after almost 14 days of the military operation. A local journalist Shargeel Amjad Rao recited the Azan and led the Asar prayer. Religious Affairs Minister Mohammad Ejazul Haq along with a media team offered the prayer at Lal Masjid. Haq talking to mediapersons hoped that in future ulema would avoid creating such an environment, which may lead to incidents like Lal Masjid operation. He said that all the mosques demolished in the capital would be reconstructed soon. He said that tenders in this regard had been invited. He said that all the educational expenditures of the students of Jamia Hafsa would be borne by the government. To a question regarding the exact figure of casualties in ‘Operation Silence’, he said, government had nothing to hide. He said that they had received 58 applications from parents searching for their children who had gone missing during the Lal Masjid operation. However, he hoped that many of them would have gone with their fellow students of Jamia Faridia. Earlier, Haq along the journalists also visited the burnt offices of Ministry of Environment. The students had torched the offices on July 3 when the authorities had launched the ‘Operation Silence.” Bookmark this Blog for more Breaking News !
The government on Thursday informally opened Lal Masjid for prayers after renovation done by the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
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