Those who say that there is no safe haven for terrorist organisations in Pakistan should read Rana Tanveer’s report.
ISLAMABAD: Those who say that there is no safe haven for banned terrorist organisations in Pakistan should read Rana Tanveer’s report titled “Kashmir is worth a nuclear war” published in your newspaper on February 6. According to it, speakers at a rally on Kashmir Day organised by the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JD) — a banned organisation — were reported as saying that if the fighting in Kashmir led to a nuclear war between Pakistan and India, that would present “no problem” and that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are not just for purposes of deterrence, but should be used against India to gain independence for Kashmir.
One JD leader claimed that Islamic injunctions demanded that every Muslim country attack at least one non-Muslim country every year. Another so-called leader said that a ministry of jihad be created and that the army provide Kalashnikovs to one million volunteers who can be mobilised by JD to fight in the jihad.
Jameel Bhutto
Former federal secretary
Published in The Express Tribune, February 9th, 2011.
