Unfazed by criticism from Pakistan's powerful military for referring to the slain Taliban chief as a martyr, the ultra-right Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday took on the army by contending that it did not have the right to interfere in politics. Jamaat general secretary Liaquat Baloch said the army's media wing ISPR had issued a political press release which was unbecoming of a military force. Angered by Jamaat head Munawar Hasan’s remarks describing slain Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud as a martyr, ISPR had on Sunday demanded that he should tender an unconditional apology. The military also asked Hasan to apologise for ‘insulting’ the martyrdom of soldiers killed in anti-terror operations. Earlier on Monday, Hasan said he stood by his remarks describing Mehsud as a martyr.