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Country’s existence at stake: Qazi
Jamaat-e-Islami Train March reaches Lahore
Rahmatullah Khan
Peshawar—Due to American interference in the country, the law and
order situation is going worse, said Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi
Hussain Ahmad before starting ‘Train March’ at Cantt Railway station
on Tuesday.
Talking to mediapersons, he said the country’s armed forces were
made to fight against own people only to appease America. He said
that military generals could not protect the country.
He accused the rulers of hatching conspiracy against Kashmir cause
by the help of India, adding that the innocent people of Bajaur,
Swat, Waziristan and other parts of Federally Administered Tribal
Areas (FATA) were being subjected to incessant bombings.
He said that due to worsening law and order situation unprecedented
price hike, the very existence of the country had been put at stake,
adding that the Pakistan needed a sincere leadership.
He urged the masses to take to the streets as the time was ripe to
get rid of the rulers who were taking dictation from America to run
the country affairs.
“America is the biggest terrorist of the world,” Naib Amir
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Liaqat Baloch said accusing Pakistani rulers of
supporting US in her nefarious designs against the innocent people
of Pakistan.
He shared few words with the journalists before embarking the train
to start ‘Train March’ “The nation can not be subjugated by
resorting to bombardments and using forces against own people”. He
remarked.
He demanded of the government to adopt the way of dialogues and
resolve the dispute through political sources instead of military
operation. “American dictation regarding so-called terrorism will
destroy us”. He said adding the rulers should adopt policy in the
larger interest of the nation and the country.”
Criticizing the ANP leadership, JI provincial chief and former
senior minister Sirajul Haq condemned the ANP leadership for taking
refuge in the President House after blast at Charsadda leaving Party
supporters and Pukhtoons at utter confusion.
He lamented on diction of America, the rulers now termed Kashimiri
freedom fighters as terrorists which was highly deplorable.
The activists had banners and placards inscribed with various
slogans demanding early release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and against
former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf. Qazi Hussain Ahmad
offered Dua for the integrity and peace of the country.
Our Correspondent from Rawalpindi adds: Ameer Jammat-i-Islami Qazi
Hussain Ahmed has warned that if USA would attempt to invade
Pakistan, Mujahideen would give her very tough time and defend every
inch of the country. PPP government should leave the American
slavery and stand shoulder to shoulder with its people in this
testing time. Military operations in different parts of the country
should be stopped and deposed judiciary be restored at once.
He was addressing participation of “Train March” at Rawalpindi
Railway Station here on Tuesday. The Train March was organized by
Jammat-i-Islami which began from Peshawar through Awami Express and
would be termianted at Karachi. Thousands of JI workers and leaders
were present at Railway Station Platform No.3 to welcome the train
march. They were holding party flags and raising slogans against
military operations that are being carried out at different in the
country.
When Awami Express arrived at Rawalpindi Railway Station at 1:30 in
the afternoon, the workers of JI started chanting high-pitched
slogans enthusiastically. Railways authorities with the help of
police and other law enforcement agencies made extraordinary
security arrangements and additional police force was deployed in
and outside Railway Station. Administration installed walk through
gates and every person, JI workers and passengers were checked
thoroughly. The staff of bomb disposal squad, civil defence,
ambulance and fire brigade was put on red alert to tackle with any
unpleasant incident. SSP Railways and other high officials were
supervising the security measures personally.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed during his brief address said that train march as
well as congregation of Jammat-i-Islami which will be held at Minar-e-Pakistan
from 24 to 26 instant, would lit a new ray of hope in the hearts of
depressed people. He was of the view that the nation could be
survived in this hard time only with the help of hope and distress
could finish it like woodworm.
He said that Pakistan can only walk out of the current state of
chaos, if the rulers put down the fluttering of America and move
along with whole nation by leaving behind the policies of
Musharraf’s tyranny. “The biggest terrorist in the entire world is
USA itself, who under cover of terrorism, waging war against Islam
to save the illegitimate existence of Israel and to grab the natural
resources of the Muslim world”, Qazi added
He urged President Zardari that instead of USA, he should rely on
its people who voted for his party for a big change. If government
and people would form a coalition, then America cannot fulfill her
malicious intentions. He said that nuclear Pakistan has become a
nightmare for America, Israel and India and they all have formed an
unholy alliance to destabilize Pakistan.
He said that Army Chief should avoid helping local tribesmen against
so-called Talibans, which would not only create differences among
the nation but also widen the disparity between people and army. For
the economic revival and to attract the foreign investors,
government should stop military operations immediately, Qazi said.
“The Kashmiri Mujahideen have risen again and President Zardari
termed them as terrorist which in fact was the matter of
embarrassment and highly condemnable”, he added. Ameer JI said that
the relatives of missing persons are asking questions from the
government that whether those who were handed over to America were
Pakistani citizens or not”, the leader of JI added. He said that
nothing could be disgraceful for Pakistanis that their rulers handed
over thousands of countrymen to FBI just for personal sake. He
demanded for early release of all the missing persons including Dr
Aafia Siddiqi and Dr Abdul Razaq.
He said that without independent judiciary the justice could not
prevail in the country and people do not expect justice from the
sitting Supreme Court so the deposed judges including Iftikhar
Chaudhary should be restored on the status of 2 November 2007. “The
government of PPP is the by-product of NRO through which
billion-dollars corruption of the rulers has been written off and
they could not face free judiciary”, the Ameer JI expressed.
On the occasion the leaders of Jammat-i-Islami Liaquat Baloch and
Siraj-ul-Haq said that USA wants to separate FATA from Pakistan but
the tribal areas would be converted into graveyard for Americans.
They said that JI would not allow any power in the world to turn
Pakistan into an American colony.
After the address of Qazi Hussain Ahmed train march amid slogans
departed for Lahore. Hundreds of party workers also joined it from
Rawalpindi. |
