Gilani flays terrorism in Saudi Arabia
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c: Former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has condemned suicide blasts in Saudi Arabia.
Talking to journalists after offering Eid prayers here on Wednesday, he said that the hearts of Pakistanis beat with Saudi Arabia and the incident had shaken the entire Islamic world. He said that all forms of terrorism were condemnable at all levels. He said that the PPP leadership would decide launching a protest drive against the government. To a question, he said that Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif should travel to Pakistan after the permission of his doctors.
Qureshi stopped from talking on politics at shrine
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MULTAN: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf vice-chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi had to face embarrassment on the Eid day when his brother Murid Hussain Qureshi stopped him from talking to newsmen after Eid prayers, saying that politics was not allowed at the shrines.
After offering Eid prayers at the shrine of Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya, Shah Mehmood Qureshi had just started his press talk when his brother Murid Hussain interrupted and stopped him from responding to journalists’ queries. Murid Hussain said that the shrines were sacred places, not places of politics. To it, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi quickly retreated and went back to home without his press talk.
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