LAHORE: The Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi known as for strict motion against elements affiliated with the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) that destabilise the country. In a press conference held on the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, Ashrafi condemned the latest terrorism in Quetta, wherein harmless Pakistanis lost their lives. “Terrorists have no allegiance to any province or network,” he asserted, underlining that the BLA operates with foreign assist aimed toward seeding instability in Pakistan. Ashrafi similarly alleged that the attacker answerable for the recent suicide bombing had used American-manufactured guns, gadget, and uniforms left in the back of in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal. He urged the Pakistani kingdom to take decisive action to counter those threats. Questioning the glorification of violent actors in the name of Balochistan’s rights, Ashrafi said, “For how long will people who take harmless lives be celebrated as heroes?” He condemned the narrative that frames terrorists as defenders of the ‘lacking people’ motive, cautioning that such perspectives most effective serve to punish Pakistan.
