The president of the women’s wing of Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan, Samia Raheel Qazi, has said that Valentine’s Day is an irreligious event and the Pakistani media should not present it in a positive manner. The Urdu-language newspaper Khabrain quoted Ms. Qazi as saying that ‘‘Jews and Hindus have specially designed this occasion in order to weaken the beliefs and traditions of Muslims.’’ Raheel Qazi, the daughter of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Hussein Ahmed, said that Pakistani media should black out any news about this occasion.

Source: Khabrain, Pakistan, February 13, 2008