Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, a former judge of the Federal Shariat Court, on Thursday called for peaceful boycott of Israeli products in support of Gaza, adding that such activities must be done peacefully without harming lives and properties.
Mufti Usmani’s remarks came in the wake of multiple recent attacks on outlets of international fast-food chains across the country.
An outlet of a fast-food chain was attacked in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) when scores of people pelted it with stones, shattering windowpanes and damaging some of its portions. Video clips surfacing on social media soon after the incident showed a mob attacking the building in the DHA’s Phase IV, known for housing outlets of different food chains.
Miscreants attacked a restaurant in Mirpurkhas, Karachi and several other cities in the country. Over 100 activists of a religious party attempted to ransack another outlet of the fast-food chain on M-9 motorway otherday evening, but the police thwarted their plan.
Ten activists of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan were arrested after a mob ransacked an outlet of an international fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Karachi’s DHA.
Addressing a conference about Palestine in Islamabad today, Mufti Usmani blasted Israel’s action in the course of its devastating military onslaught in the Gaza Strip and supported boycott of products by Israel, supporters of Israel and those displaying such goods in their shops.