Ashrafi condemns suicide blast in Peshawar.

LAHORE -- Special Representative to the Prime Minister for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi Monday strongly condemned the suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines in which more than 25 people were martyred.

Talking to the media at Jamia Manzoorul Islamia here, he said that ulema and mashaikh had always rendered their lives for Islam and security of the country. More than 8,000 ulema had sacrificed their lives in the war against terrorism, he added.

Ashrafi, who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), said that those who killed innocent humanity had nothing to do with Islam and Muslims. He said that security agencies and people of Pakistan together defeated terrorism and...