LAHORE: Jamaat e Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that in
spite of Islamabad’s decision to accord Most Favoured Nation (MFN)
status to India, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had warned
Islamabad against Mumbai like actions.
Addressing a press
conference in Karachi on Friday, he said that India had used the SAARC
summit only to malign Pakistan. He said that the MFN status for India
would amount to stabbing the Kashmiris in the back and making a mockery
of their huge sacrifices for freedom. JI Karachi chief, Muhammad Husain
Mehnati also spoke on the occasion while other party leaders ere
present.
Syed Munawar Hasan said that no political party could
have a decisive impact in the elections through solo flight and the
present election politics could not go without election alliances. The
JI would decide its election strategy at the appropriate time after the
announcement of elections, he added.
Syed Munawar Hasan said
that any assurance by President Zardari for action against the aqqani
net work Haqqani net work would be against vital national interests. He
said that the Haqqani net work did not have an independent status. It
was subservient to the Taliban and obeyed the Taliban high command.
In
face, he said, the US wanted to make it a political issue to increase
pressure on this country. He warned that any operation in North
Waziristan would plunge this country into flames. He called upon the
Presidency to explain its position in regard to dialogue with the US
delegation.
Referring to the Karachi situation, the JI chief
said that peace should be a given a change in the port city. He said the
law and order during the Eidul Azha this year had been much better as
compared to the previous years. The law enforcing bodies too made
serious efforts to maintain peace. He said if solid efforts were made
for peace, the business and trade activities would improve and the
political situation would also improve.
On the occasion, the JI
Karachi chief, Muhammad Husain Mehnati, strongly condemned the torture
by the terrorists on two Shabab e Milli workers on the Eid day. And
said this was a fresh attempt from certain quarters to disturb the peace
in the meg city. He demanded prompt action against the culprits by the
police and law enforcing agencies. Online
