ISLAMABAD: Federal Environment Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has condemned the Lal Masjid students’ action of setting ablaze the Environment Ministry’s building and held the media responsible for the incident.

“We had demanded security from the Islamabad administration and police eight months ago in view of the proximity with Lal Majid, but they did not pay heed to our demand,” he said. He said the private television channels were responsible for the incident because they had aired baseless reports that Rangers had been deployed in the ministry’s building. He said that these reports provoked the madrassa students to set fire to the building and official vehicles.
Source: Daily Times
Date:7/6/2007