Muttahida Ulema Board not to be used for political gains: Ashrafi.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister's Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Tuesday said the Muttahida Ulema Board was a religious body and it would not be allowed to use for political gains.

In an exclusive talk with APP, Ashrafi, who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council, proposed that nobody should misuse the blasphemy laws pertaining to the religion and sanctity of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

He said it was a good omen that during his tenure as the board's chairman not a single case of blasphemy law was registered on fictitious grounds against any individual or group.

He made it clear that the board had achieved many milestones for the provision of intersect and interfaith harmony under his supervision during...