What Ashrafi said in Daska
Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi told students at Iqra Pioneer College in Daska that a girls education ban clashes with Islamic law. Speaking on 30 October, the cleric—who also coordinates the National Paigham-e-Aman Committee—described Islam as a faith centred on learning, peace and human dignity, and argued that shutting girls out of classrooms cannot be justified under Shariah.
He pointed to Afghanistan, where many girls still cannot study, and warned that militants active in Pakistan under the labels Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan have been going after young female students. Framing those assaults as both immoral and anti-national, he said such violence has nothing to do with genuine religious teaching.
Nushki college strike and claims about terror groups
Ashrafi singled out the assault on a girls’ college in Nushki, calling it a crime against humanity and a blow to the prospects of Balochistan’s daughters. He accused anti-Pakistan militant outfits of twisting verses of the Quran, the Sunnah and Shariah to confuse young people, insisting their worldview and tactics stand outside Islam.
According to him, those networks serve hostile interests and aim to drag the country into the kind of disorder seen in Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia. He said Pakistan had beaten such campaigns before and would do so again, stressing the sacrifices of the armed forces and the country’s social cohesion. “We have defeated terrorism before and will defeat it again,” he told the gathering.
Army, allies and the Paigham-e-Aman platform
Ashrafi said the Pakistan Army’s ethos rests on faith, piety and struggle in Allah’s path, and that soldiers seek martyrdom even in night prayers. He alleged that adversaries try to split civilians from the military through social media, rumour and hostile messaging, but predicted those efforts would fail.
He argued that Pakistan’s standing among Muslim countries and abroad rose after Marka-e-Haq, and he praised Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir for work on peace, regional calm and Muslim unity. He also said Islamabad partners with Saudi Arabia to safeguard the Two Holy Mosques. In his view, Houthi strikes on the Kingdom form part of a plot to push Riyadh toward recognising Israel and treating Makkah and Madinah as open cities—a design he said the wider Muslim world rejects.
The National Paigham-e-Aman Committee, he explained, brings together scholars and spiritual figures from every major school, plus leaders of other faiths, to curb terrorism, extremism and sectarian hate while fostering dialogue. He asked the young audience to put education, research and moral growth first and to serve Pakistan without prejudice. College patron Mian Manzoor Ahmed and Ahmed Mir, son of the late Senator Professor Sajid Mir, also spoke.
Aasan alfaaz mein
PUC ke chairman Ashrafi ne Daska mein kaha ke larkion ki taleem band karna Islam ke khilaf hai. Unhon ne Nushki girls college par hamlay ko insaniat ke khilaf qaraar diya. Woh kehte hain ke dehshatgard mazhab ke naam par nawjawan ko gumrah karte hain. Unka paigham yeh hai ke taleem, aman aur quomi ittehad se aise fitnon ka muqabla kiya jaaye.
