Pakistan's new permanent representative at the United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, on Sunday, called on the Ameer, Jamaat-i-Islami, Sirajul Haq, in Islamabad and exchanged views with him on the national and international situation. The meeting was held at the residence of the JI deputy chief Mian Muhammad Aslam, at which JI foreign affairs Chief Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, was also present.
At the call on, the JI chief impressed upon Dr Maleeha Lodhi to raise her voice in the UN against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in France that had led to widespread concern and anguish in the Muslim world, and also strive for putting this evil to an end. He said the world community must be made to realise that the blasphemy of the Noble Prophet (SAW) could not be tolerated at any cost and the UN must quickly move for legislation ensuring respect for all religions, the prophets (AS) of Allah.