Thousands of people turned out on roads on Friday to denounce unprovoked
NATO attacks resulting in the martyrdom of over two dozen Pakistani
soldiers, on the appeal of the Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hasan
and other religious leaders.
Mosque Imams in their Friday addresses condemned the blatant NATO
aggression while leaders of the JI and other religious parties
addressing protest rallies called for a resolute stand against the
aggressor. They also demanded immediate withdrawal from the US war .
They appealed for a complete national unity for meeting the challenges
ahead.
Protest rallies were held in the federal capital besides Rawalpindi,
Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala,
Sargodha, and various other cities and towns.
Syed Munawar Hasan, in his Friday address at the Mansoora mosque,
said that the US had begun an un-declared war with this country since
long, its drones had killed thousands of innocent citizens in tribal
areas. The latest NATO attack, he said, could be the termed as the
blatant aggression and terrorism. He said some time back, the Mehran
naval base in Karachi was attacked in which two of most costly planes
had been destroyed within minutes. Such a quick activity could not be
that of the Taliban. However, he said, not much notice was taken of this
big incident.
The JI chief said that Pakistan had extended maximum facilities and
support to the US and NATO. He said the people of the country had been
demanding at the top of their voice that the NATO supplies be stopped
but nobody paid heed. For the first time, the government had stopped
these supplies but it was unclear whether the intelligence sharing had
also been stopped.
Syed Munawar Hasan appreciated the government decision to boycott the
Bonn Conference on the future of Afghanistan. He said in the first
place, the US won’t quit Afghanistan. And secondly, he said, the future
of Afghanistan should not be Washington’s headache as Afghans were in a
better position to decide for themselves.
The JI chief further said that the interest of the US and Pakistan
clashed with each other. For instance, the US wanted the Pakistan army
to fight against Taliban. He wondered what the sixty per cent of the
world forces (NATO) were doing in Afghanistan and why should the Pak
army join them. He said the Taliban s had inflicted a defeat on the US
and NATO but the US believed this was only due to Pakistan. In fact, he
said, the US wanted the Pak army to bear the blame of this defeat.
The JI chief said the US had three main objectives in this region, to
occupy the vast oil and gas resources of Afghanistan, to e said He
destabilize Pakistan and take over its nuclear arsenal, and to build India as regional policeman. However, he said, the Hindus had never attained such high position nor had they capability for that.
destabilize Pakistan and take over its nuclear arsenal, and to build India as regional policeman. However, he said, the Hindus had never attained such high position nor had they capability for that.
He urged the government to sick to its decisions and added that this
was possible only with complete national support. He said a parliament
session had been convened but added that the decisions or resolutions of
the previous parliaments should also be implemented first.
In Rawalpindi, a big rally was staged outside Press Club which was
addressed by the JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch. He said this was
NATO’s 14th attack in this country. The rulers, he said, had been
deceiving the nation so long as the drones had been taking off from the
Shamsi and Shahbaz airbases to attack our people. He urged the
government and the armed forces to stick to their present decisions.
The rally staged at Islamabad was led by the JI Islamabad chief, Mian
Muhammad Aslam and leaders of other organizations. They demanded from
the government to sent back the US Ambassador Cameron Munter by terming
him person nongrata. They also announced to hold Pakistan Istehkam Rally
towards US Embassy on December 8th. The JI Punjab chief, Dr Syed Waseem
Akhtar led the rally at Multan.
The Peshawar rally was taken out from the historic Masjid Hahabat Khan and was led by Prof. Muhammad Ibrhaim.
A big rally was held in the Punjab capital outside Mansoora. Dr Farid
Ahmed Piracha, deputy Secretary General, JI, addressing the rally,
demanded immediate eviction of the US troops from Shamsi and Shahbaz
airbases. He called upon the rulers, the opposition leaders, and
bureaucrats to bring back their wealth abroad to the country. SANA
