He was addressing a press conference with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Nazriyati (JUI-N) leaders

Peshawar – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) minister of information and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Farman criticized the federal minister of law and justice Zahid Hamid for declaring Ahmadi community as Muslims.

Farman said this while talking at a press conference along with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Nazriyati (JUI-N) leaders on Wednesday. Farman criticized former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for calling Ahmadi community his brothers. “While our constitution declares them non-Muslim, our minister of law and justice is calling them Muslims,” he remarked.

While answering a question he said that PTI has always been labelled as a Yahoodi lobby here in Pakistan. “When the same people go abroad, they say that PTI is fundamentalist and supports Taliban,” he said.

He asserted that the state should be responsible for those Ahmadis who publicly reveal their sect. “There are certain people who announce that they are Muslims, but actually are not,” he said.

Senior member of @PTIOfficial & Minister Information for Pakistan’s KP province @Shah_FarmanPTI questions why former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is empathetic towards the country’s persecuted #Ahmadiyya community, says media should take notice of him calling Ahmadis as his brothers pic.twitter.com/DspRCdQvt0 — Rabwah Times (@RabwahTimes) November 13, 2017

This is not the first time that a PTI leader has given a public statement against the minority sect. Earlier, Abrar-ul-Haq had rallied behind the demands of the protesters protesting against the controversial amendment in the electoral reforms bill in Narowal and Islamabad. He also accused Ahsan Iqbal for putting forward the controversial bill.

“I strongly condemn the way protesters were treated while protesting in front of Ahsan Iqbal’s office in Narowal,” he said in a video released on social media. Awami Muslim League chief and PTI ally Sheikh Rasheed had also supported the protesters in Islamabad.

Prominent member of Pakistan’s @PTIofficial and singer @AbrarUlHaqPK releases video message in support of Islamists who want restrictions on minority #Ahmadiyya Muslims pic.twitter.com/OdJ4Hdakcm — Rabwah Times (@RabwahTimes) November 11, 2017

Meanwhile, protesters from the Tehrik-e-Labbaik-Ya-Rasulullah (TLYR) party are still protesting at the Faizabad interchange, choking traffic and causing severe problems for the commuters travelling between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

One of the major demand of these protesters is a resignation from Zahid Hamid, who had already declared on oath, via a video released on social media, that he is a Muslim and had no part in the amendment put forward in the electoral reform bill.

Earlier on Monday, interior minister Ahsan Iqbal had condemned the protesters for creating problems for the people of the twin cities.