Peshawar Judicial Magistrate Ashraf Ali set fire to nearly 3,000 pornographic CDs confiscated the police, at the Judicial Complex on Thursday. Court officials said that Faqirabad police had seized the CDs in a crack down on CD shops in Faqirabad three days ago. Police sources told Daily Times that they had started conducting raids on CD shops after receiving directives from the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA)-led NWFP government in this regard. Maulana Yusuf Qureshi, prayer leader at Masjid Mahabat Khan and president of the Muttahida Shariat Mahaz, warned the provincial government last Friday to crack down on “vulgar” activities and brothels in the city, otherwise the Mahaz would start a “jihad” towards this end.