Two prayer leaders booked

Published August 24, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Aug 23: Two prayer leaders (imam masjid) were booked on charges of violating the ban on use of loudspeakers in the federal capital territory, police said on Wednesday.

Police arrested Maulana Mohammad Sarfraz and a case has been registered with the Shalimar police. Similarly, Maulana Khuda Baksh of Jamia Masjid Sector F-11 was booked by the same police station.

According to police both leaders were delivering speech on loudspeakers violating the ban on it in the federal capital.

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