Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Nazriyati (JUI-N) Provincial Ameer Maulana Abdul Qadir Luni on Wednesday strongly condemned the shelling and firing at Pushtun Qaumi Jirga.

In a joint statement, Luni and other leaders Qazi Gul Rehman Nukyal, Najeem Khan Advocate and Syed Haji Abdul Sattar Shah Chisti said that government was deliberately deteriorating law and order situation by using force, adding wrong decisions of the government regarding the use of force had already engulfed the country in fire.

They said the crackdown, shelling and firing on participants of jirga was an act of dictatorship, adding that slogan of Quomi Jirga ‘National Council’ ‘Amun Du’ ‘Give Peace’ had become a crime.

They said that Balochistan and Khyber Pushtunkhwa were being turned into a battle ground in the name of so-called war on terror. Instead of paying attention to the demands of nation, the government had resorted to violence, they said. They said situation like 1970s was being deliberately created.