Pakistan, Oct. 20 -- Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi has welcomed the successful outcome of the Doha peace talks with Afghanistan, terming it a positive and encouraging development.

He expressed hope that the agreement would be fully implemented and that Afghanistan's soil would not be used against Pakistan.

Talking to media representatives at Jamia Masjid Kobra, New Samanabad, Lahore on Sunday, alongside prominent ulema and mashayikh, Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi said that religious and political extremism, lawlessness, and intolerance were major hurdles to the country's development. He said that violent and takfiri attitudes must be eliminated for peace and stability to prevail.

He said that negotiat...