LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan expressed its complete
solidarity with the people of Balochistan on Tuesday, on the appeal of
the JI chief, Syed Munawar Hasan.
Addressing the huge gathering
at the JI sit-in at Quetta during the day, Syed Munawar Hasan said the
future of Pakistan was linked with Balochistan. He said that the rulers
in Islamabad had fallen prey to the conspiracies of the US and other
western colonial powers which could darken the future of the country,
says a press release received on Tuesday.
He said the people of
Balochistan were being provoked through continuing military operations
and maimed dead bodies of their missing people to fulfill the
international agenda.
Syed Munawar Hasan counseled the rulers
to learn a lesson from the developments in Tunisia, Egypt and other
Arab countries where the US agents in power had been swept away by the
mass movement.
Syed Munawar Hasan said both the federal and the
provincial governments were to be blamed for the present deprivations
of Balochistan.
He urged President Zardari the Prime Minister
Gilani to give up oppressive policies against the Balochistan people to
escape divine wrath. He said the JI had been continuously stopping the
masses from taking to the path of revolt but if the rulers did not mend
their ways, the situation could change.
He said the latest come
back of the MQM was the sixth in recent times. He said Mian Nawaz
Sharif and Altaf Hussain had been providing crutches to the Zardari
government for the last three years. The Grand Alliance, he said, in
fact aimed at saving the Zardari government.
The solidarity
camp in the Punjab capital was set up at Faisal Chowk and was attended
by thousands of people. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Farid Ahmed
Piracha called upon the government to stop military operation in
Balochistan and accept the genuine demands of the people there.
In
the federal capital, a demonstration was held in front of the Islamabad
Press Club. Speaking on the occasion, JI Secretary General, Liaquat
Baloch said that the whole nation was with the Balochistan people and
the rulers could not deprive the Baluchis from their rights for long.
In
Karachi, the solidarity camp was set up at Empress Market. Senior JI
leader Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed and JI Karachi chief Muhammad Hussain
Mehnati addressed the gathering.
Meanwhile, in Peshawar, the
Solidarity camp was set up at the Yadgar Chowk, Addressing the
gathering at the spot, JI deputy chief Siraj ul Haq said the people of
Balochistan were our brothers and we shared their grief and problems.
The Solidarity camp at Hyderabad was set up at the local Press Club and
was addressed by the JI Sindh chief Asadullau Bhutto. At Multan, the
solidarity camp was set up at Chowk Ghanta Ghar. Online
