Federal Minister Information Ata Tarar said that no one has the right to issue fatwas to kill anybody.
Talking to the media along with PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi and religious scholars he said that there are political motives behind issuing fatwas adding they will become a wall in the way of those who spread hatred by issuing fatwas.
Federal Minister said that if when explanatory statement surfaces, what is the scope for issuing fatwas for killing? Now this is a work beyond condemnation, he said.
Minister Tarar further highlighted the role played by his elders and Justice Qazi Faiz Isa’s father, a colleague of Quaid-e-Azam, and his grandfather who provided services for Muslims.
He said that it is the responsibility of the state to implement the law and that an FIR has also been registered on what has been done. He said that there is no room in our society to make such announcements for political purposes.