Press Release
Torturing an Accused is Haram
Raheel Sharif’s Order for Inquiry into Custodial Death through Torture is Nothing but Hypocrisy

Raheel Sharif’s order for inquiry into the death of a political worker under Rangers custody through severe torture, is an act of clear hypocrisy. The purpose of this inquiry is just to calm public anger and save his worsening repute. If Raheel Sharif was serious in preserving the good name of the Army and was sincere with the people of Pakistan, then he would have ordered inquiry regarding those thousands of “Missing Persons” who have been abducted throughout the country. If Raheel Sharif was serious in preserving the good name of the Army and was sincere with the people of Pakistan, then he would have ordered inquiry into those thousands of tribal people detained under inhuman conditions in internment centers managed by intelligence, wherein their loved ones are not allowed to meet them. If Raheel Sharif was serious in preserving the good name of the Army and was sincere with the people of Pakistan, then he would have ordered inquiry into and then arrest of Pervez Musharraf who handed over Afia Siddiqui to America. And if Raheel Sharif was serious in preserving the good name of the Army and sincere with the people of Pakistan then he would have ordered inquiry into the abduction and illegal detention of Naveed Butt, official Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan, for the last four years by intelligence agencies.

Everyone knows that in Pakistan, law enforcement agencies, whether civilian or military, employ torture, an inhuman and un-Islamic act, without any shame. All too often, people associated with these agencies support the act of torture on the accused in order to establish and maintain peace and security. However, crime and oppression cannot be eliminated by inhuman torture or extra judicial killing, rather crime and oppression can only be eliminated by establishing justice. The Raheel-Nawaz regime undertaking inhumane operations under the banner of the National Action Plan is inciting anger and hatred within the people, allowing foreigners to exploit the situation.

Islam has forbidden the torturing and harming of the people. Muslim narrated from Hisham, who said: I bear witness that I heard that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said,

«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُ الَّذِينَ يُعَذِّبُونَ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا»

“Allah will punish those who punish the people in the Dunya (world).” (Muslim)

Therefore implementation of Islam comprehensively is imperative in order to purge the society from both crime and torture. And the Khilafah "Caliphate" is the only method to implement Islam. The Khilafah "Caliphate" (Caliphate) on the Method of Prophethood will ensure that basic needs of all citizens are fulfilled, ending all foreign interference, eliminating corruption from its roots and ending divisive politics by unifying not just the Muslims of Pakistan but the entire Ummah under the banner of Islam. Hizb ut Tahrir demands from the sincere officers in the armed forces that they must end this tyrant system which allows the regime to abduct, torture and undertaking of extra judicial killings of our own citizens and extend Nussrah to Hizb ut Tahrir for the re-establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate" so that the society is cleansed of torture and oppression by state and non-state actors.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan