Fake list of 'instructions' attributed to JUI-F goes viral on social media.

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Monday termed as "fabricated" a document being shared widely on social media that lists a set of instructions allegedly by the party to the participants of its upcoming anti-government protest in Islamabad.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced to set out on a long march against the government on October 27 that will culminate in the capital, where the party plans to hold a sit-in.

The alleged document, purporting to have been issued by the information department of the JUI-F, instructs participants on how they should prepare for the protest sit-in and sets guidelines for their conduct during the demonstration.

Among the 10 'instructions', number six pertains to directives on engaging in "sodomy" and states that participants "will completely refrain from [engaging in] sodomy without the permission of their emir (leader)". It says the violators of this instruction would be thrown out of the sit-in and their belongings will be seized.

Also circulating on social media is an "application form" for sit-in participants to seek permission before engaging in sodomy.

JUI-F central secretary general Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri strongly denied that the party ever issued such instructions, accusing the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of being behind it.

"The fake instructions have been made viral by PTI activists," he alleged while talking to media.

He said the document was based on "lies" and the JUI-F had nothing to do with it.

Haideri alleged that the PTI has "always carried out negative conspiracies against Maulana Fazlur Rehman and JUI".

He asked party workers to continue preparing for the so-called Azaadi March.

Also on Monday, a notification purporting to have been issued by the office of...