Shia leaders call for unity

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Condemning the killing of Iran’s military commander Qasem Soleimani, the Shia Ulema Council on Wednesday urged the Muslims to raise a united voice against the US and its allies responsible for creating disharmony in the region.

Speaking at a media conference, Alama Ramzan Tauqeer, the central vice-president of the council, stated that West was keeping silence over the blatant violation of international borders by US. He said that such an attitude of so-called superpower and its allies was giving way to a potential threat of war in the region. He urged for joint reaction on the Muslim countries. Tauqeer described the killing of Qasem Soleimani a terrorist act. He was killed in a missile attack in Baghdad by the US on Friday last. The Shia leaders also urged Muslim countries not to become part of the war against Iran. They appealed to the Pakistan government not to allow any country to use Pakistani soil against Iran because Pakistan had brotherly ties with Iran.