March 31, 2008	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 22, 1429

MULTAN, March 30: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has demanded a high-level probe into the Jamia Hafsa operation.

Endorsing a PPP demand for a UN-led investigation into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, the Maulana told a press conference here on Sunday that the issue of Jamia Hafsa also needed a high-level probe to determine why so many “innocent people had been killed”.

He said that the FCR was the product of an agreement with the tribes and, therefore, its repeal could create problems.

He said before bringing any change, tribes’ consent “must be sought”.

He said that there was no need to change the legislation enforced by the previous government about the religious institutions, adding that religious institutions had never refused to hold consultations with the government.

He said that earlier the GHQ was taking all decisions about relations with foreign powers but now such decisions would be taken by parliament and political parties had informed the US about this.

He said that the appointment of a former Guantanamo jailer, who was involved in six incidents of blasphemy and desecration of Holy Quran, as a supervisor of the defence department at the US embassy should be condemned.