CHITRAL: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) leader and former tehsil nazim Maulana Muhammad Ilyas has criticised the district administration for organizing a musical event at the Polo Ground on Thursday night.
“It is also a matter of concern that the elected representatives from the area enjoyed the music festival despite the fact that the people of both the districts are on the roads seeking redressal of their grievances,” JUIF leader Maulana Muhammad Ilyas told a press conference here.
JUIF Chitral tehsil head Pir Sarwar Nadeem, Maulana Aftab Ilahi, Maulana Inam-ul-Haq and others were also present on the occasion.
Maulana Ilyas said that such events tarnish the moral and cultural values of Chitral, transforming its dignified environment into one lacking decency. He described the gathering as an invitation to Allah’s wrath. He urged the people of Chitral to collectively and individually seek forgiveness and turn to Allah.
He criticized the elected representatives’ absence from a prolonged protest camp at Bazaar Bridge, where citizens were voicing their grievances over the electricity crisis.
“However, these same representatives found time to attend an indecent gathering on the sacred night of Friday,” he said, adding that the event disturbed the peace of residents near the Polo Ground.
Maulana Ilyas extended his support to the sentiments expressed by prominent scholar Maulana Israr-ud-Din Al-Hilal, who had condemned the event on social media.
He also criticized the deputy commissioner of Lower Chitral, advising him to focus on addressing public issues instead of indulging in such activities.
The JUIF leader announced that the party would deliberate on the future line of action to address this matter.
