The Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that Karachi won’t be allowed to become another Bangladesh on the wishes of those fighting for their share in extortion.
Addressing the Friday congregation at the Mansoora mosque here, he
said that the elements demanding troops for the port city at the behest
of India and other foreign enemies actually wanted to make the
situation still worse and start a separatist movement to fulfill their
designs.
Syed Munawar Hasan said that like the present government, all past
governments both civil and military, were to be blamed for the present
turbulence in Karachi because they allowed the cancer to grow. He said
the nation fully knew those who introduced target killings and the
culture of dead bodies stuffed in gunny bags.
All the patriotic forces must sit down and adopt the path of dialogue to restore peace in Karachi, he added.
Opposing army action in the port city, he said, that military
operations had always only lead to destruction and chaos. Army
operation was already going on in Baluchistan but the situation had not
improved, he remarked. Similarly, the army operation in the Khyber
Pakhtoonkhwa was causing destruction of houses and habitations.
Syed Munawar Hasan said, it was surprising that the elements
opposing army interference in the past were inviting army action now.
These very elements were responsible for the prevailing situation, he
said adding that the nation was still suffering the consequences of the
army action in East Pakistan.
He said the masses loved their armed forces but would like t troops to revert to their motto or Iman, Taqwah and Jehad.
He said the US having been defeated in Afghanistan, was begging for
talks from the Taliban but our rulers had not learnt from their past
failures and were still working on the US dictation. SANA
