1973 Constitution: government warned of severe consequences if provisions abolished

Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaquat Baloch has said any official move to abolish the unanimously adopted Islamic provisions of the 1973 Constitution or the Blasphemy Law then government would have to bear severe consequences. He said the nation would not allow the rulers to ruin the country's Islamic identity under outside pressure and would resist every step undermining national dignity.
Baloch stressed the masses, especially the trading community to join the shutter-down strike on Friday (today) for making it a real success. He added that protection of the Holy Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) sanctity was not simply the responsibility of the political or religious parties but it was the religious duty of every Muslim.
The JI Secretary General said that the forces hostile to Islam were making propaganda against the Prophet of Islam and the nation must be united to prevent any amendment in the Blasphemy Law. He said that all political and religious parties, businessmen and traders besides transporters had already announced full support to the Friday strike. He was confident that the nation would demonstrate complete unity today by closing all their businesses. Baloch said that the minorities in Pakistan enjoyed complete religious freedom and protection of their life, property and holy places was the responsibility of the state.