Jihad obligatory if India attacks Pakistan: fatwa

Jihad will be mandatory for the Pakistani nation in case India attacks the country, a joint communiqué issued in an all parties’ conference said on Monday.

The conference, held at Jamia Naeemia, was attended by a number of noted religious scholars and heads of various religious and political parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Tehreek-e-Insaaf, the Sunni Tehrik, the Mustafai Tehrik, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, the Minhajul Quran, the Nizam-e-Mustafa Party and the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat. The participants demanded the government immediately convene an emergency session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).