ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi recently held talks in separate telephone calls, with Jamaat-i-Islami Chief Senator, Sirajul Haq, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Chief, Senator Sajid Mir and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, Rana Tanveer Hussain regarding prayer congregations.
President Alvi discussed with them matters pertaining to his meeting with ulema about measures to be adopted against the spread of the coronavirus during Ramazan.
The move was part of the efforts by state functionaries to dissuade religious leaders from holding congregations as mosques in the federal capital and several other areas witnessed significant gatherings during Friday prayers after the announcement by senior clerics that they would not observe the ban on public gatherings.
After the meeting with the president, another meeting between the prime minister and religious leaders is expected to be held over the precautionary matters.
-DN Report
