Pakistan, April 3 -- The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday declared mosques as community centres providing help to the deserving people in support with prayer leaders of the respective mosques.

Briefing media about CII meeting, Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz said the council has also urged people to take precautionary measures to save themselves from coronavirus. He said the CII has asked the media to avoid using the word 'halaak' for a person who died from coronavirus, instead it should use the word 'shaheed' or 'jaan bahaq' for the deceased. The funeral prayers of the persons killed by coronavirus will be offered by close relatives, however precautionary measures must be taken. The deceased should be buried as per Islamic tradition...