LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that
Pakistan enjoyed the status of a mosque for the nation and it stood
united to preserve its solidarity and integrity.
This he said while speaking at the All Parties Difa-e-Pakistan Conference here on Monday.
Maulana
Samiul Haq, Jama’t Al Dawa chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Lt Gen (Retd
Hamid Gul, Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Ejazul Haq,
Tanseem e Islami chief Hafiz Aakif Saeed, Prof. Abdur Rahman Makki and
others also addressed the conference.
According to a press
release, Syed Munawar Hasan said that the US was an open enemy of
Pakistan but the Pakistani rulers were still pursing pro-US policies. He
said, if the rulers did not abandon the pro-US policies and the armed
forces did not discharge their duty for the country’s defense, it would
be too late.
The JI chief said that the US wanted to punish this
country for its defeat in Afghanistan. He said that the nation stood
behind its armed forces and would fight shoulder to shoulder with its
soldiers in case of any aggression.
He said that the nation had
lost confidence in the rulers who were blindly toeing the Washington
line and had also failed to implement the resolutions of the parliament
and the APCs.
The JI chief stressed upon the armed forces to check drone attacks and stop logistic support for the US.
He
urged the Ulema and the religious scholars to play their role for the
unity of the nation. He said that if the intelligence agencies knew the
Raymond Davis group, they should take necessary action against them.
The
conference strongly condemned the government decision to accord Most
Favourite nation status to India by pushing the Kashmir issue to the
backburner. It also urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the drone
attacks and direct the government and the armed forces to defend the
Pakistani citizens.
Meanwhile, talking to the Tunisian leader
through telephone, the JI chief said that Tunisia had taken the lead in
an uprising against dictatorship in the Arab world and the victory of
thee Nahdhah party was the beginning of a real change in the Muslim
world. He also greeted the Tunisian people on the electoral results. Online
