Punjab

Protest rallies: ‘Another Abbottabad will provoke war’

Jamaatud Dawa and Jamaat-i-Islami urge Pakistanis to wage war against US or India in case of territorial violation.

Express May 16, 2011

LAHORE:

Jamaatud Dawa (JD) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leaders have urged the masses to wage war against America and India if either country violates Pakistan’s territorial sovereignty like in the Abbottabad operation of May 2.

Addressing separate protest rallies on Sunday, JD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and JI chief Syed Munawar Hasan said they were ready to fight the US and India for the protection of Pakistan. Both parties had organised the rallies JD on The Mall and JI on Multan Road – in protest at the US and to press the government and armed forces to implement a parliamentary resolution that threatens to cut the NATO supply line to Afghanistan if the US does not stop drone strikes in Pakistan.

Hafiz Saeed, addressing the JD protesters, said if the resolution were not implemented, there would be unprecedented unrest and people would come out onto the streets from every nook and cranny. Addressing his flag-waving and sloganeering supporters, Saeed said they were ready to die for this cause.

He said the government must order the armed forces to target US drones as the forces were saying that they were waiting for orders in this regard.

He said the Shamsi airbase must be vacated. He said if India tried to attack Pakistan, it would face war in every city.

Hasan urged the JI protestors to take up arms against “US terrorism” if the army failed to do so. He said that the joint session of parliament where military leaders had briefed politicians about the events of May 2 was merely a “talk show”.

The parliament and military had disappointed the nation as the country was still not free from US slavery and the war on terror was still ongoing.

He said that for the last 64 years, the country had been ruled by people who protected America’s interests over Pakistan’s interests.

“The US attacked our independence and solidarity but the forces which were on duty to defend the national borders were justifying the US operation.

The rulers assured Washington of their complete obedience by greeting the US on their victory,” he said of the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2.

The JI chief said that the country’s problems were multiplying under the present government alliance of the PPP, ANP and MQM. “Now it is time the nation gave an opportunity to the Jamaat-i-Islami. We know how to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty and are also in a position to solve the people’s problems,” he said.

JI secretary general Dr Fareed Ahmed Paracha, PML-N MNA Naseer Ahmed Bhutta, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) leader Maulana Amjad Khan, Tehreek-i-Insaaf senior vice president Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Jamiat Ahl-i-Hadith Pakistan amir Hafiz Abdul Ghaffar Ropari and International Khatame Nabuwat Movement secretary Maulana Zahid Mahmood Qasmi were among the other speakers at the rally.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 16^th, 2011.

COMMENTS (31)

Furqan | 13 years ago | Reply @colmywaykurtz: Well i guess it was USA who funded taliban in the soviet war and created them and al qaeeda t wasn't the saudi's.You are the ones who are creating a propaganda against Islam by blaming Muslim countries so that all the Muslim states divide. and US can rule the world against Muslims.

colmywaykurtz | 13 years ago | Reply Wrong, furqan. Saudi Arabia is funding militant groups, and probably ISI, too. Your propaganda in itself is suffocating to those with minds capable of real critical thought, capable of belief in moral absolutes.

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colmywaykurtz | 13 years ago | Reply The dunces couldn't even get the American flag right. There's no red strip above the blue square in the corner. What a bunch of losers.

dude | 13 years ago | Reply Well! he looks suitable candidate for next Pakistan president! Pakistanis must support him..

Mirza | 13 years ago | Reply Zero plus zero plus zero, no matter how many times but still zero. These are extreme fringe fascist organizations who are misleading the naive Pakistanis. They want young, poor Pakistanis to wage jehad against Americans. Why would they not force the army of "Islamic Republic of Pakistan" to do this instead?

father of goat | 13 years ago | Reply Yeah! it will provoke a war.....civil war.

mussarat Hussain | 13 years ago | Reply @K I Jones: Dear Jones, this is not the right time to maintain status quo. Right-wing parties are loosing temper, "Time" is running out of their hands, they have reached to the point of " no return" and about to ejaculate. Iron is hot let radicals be allowed to cross Chinese borders and let them fight a trio-war with sticks, miswaks and spades.. Just attacking US or India will not serve purpose. This is the only way to enforce Supremacy of Islam ( Galba-e-Islam) Chinese will take better care of them. After Almighty Allah, patriot pakistanis living across US and the great oceans are enough to safeguard the US mussarat

Giri | 13 years ago | Reply Cool..Give the Hafix guy a AK47 and send him over to cross the border..We will take care of him with full hospitality before sending him to..a nearby hospital.

Boblouis | 13 years ago | Reply @QuranVsHadith No, the US never forgot 71....How they killed 1.2 million Vietnamese and only lost 60 000 troops.

Cautious | 13 years ago | Reply So if you can't stop helicopters who fly low/use the terrain to mask their approach - you decide that it makes sense to declare war on the nation which invented stealth technology, nuclear bombs, smart bombs, the internet and landed a person on the moon almost 30 yrs before you tested your first nuke -- that make sense to anyone?

meekal ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply How wonderful that we are going to war with India and the US. Isn't that just what we need?!

Abu Abdullah | 13 years ago | Reply @abdul rafay: You got it wrong, Farhat Hashmi's dars don't preach what you say. Alhuda has actually helped many women realize them selves and their status as not being 'Sex Object'. I have my self seen may cases of women who have reverted and chosen to change their way of life with internal conviction and not forced by any one to cover up.

mahmood | 13 years ago | Reply Ever notice that the people who promote war are never the people who have to fight the wars?

K I Jones | 13 years ago | Reply If Pakistan were to declare war on the US and India, it would be their demise. It would be better for them to maintain the status quo.

R S JOHAR | 13 years ago | Reply Hafeez Sayeed's venom spewing against India is continuing despite Indian PM's statement in Afghanistan. The Pak govt is doing little in stopping this killer reponsible for deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians in India, against holding rallys and issuing anti-India statements. Infact such a notorious terrorist of a banned outfit and with his complcity in Mumbai carnage should have been kept behind bars till he is set free by the Pak courts. If such lack of sensivity for India continues, there will be rethinking on Indian PM's stance since he is the most hated person in India and govt will have to bow under public pressure.

shoaib | 13 years ago | Reply This is right protest but these people also responsible in creating animals like tailban but Pakistan is equally at risk both by USA & Tailbans so please condemn both sides of the dirty coin and the tailban are the tools of CIA , Musad & RAW so its time to get unite against all these enemies

P.A.M | 13 years ago | Reply nothing but a street drama

Furqan | 13 years ago | Reply @abdul rafay: No one has been funding extremism apart from US here they are funding Pakistan to fight our own people that's great isn't it wasting our resources, and India well massacres against Muslims before and after 1970's guess you forgot them hey before blaming the Religion.And blaming a religious institute before not even knowing what they teach really show how literate you are. If you do your survey properly no one is suffocating by wearing veils they are wearing it with there own choice/free will and they are not telling another generation of girls to feel ashamed of their gender, they are are telling of the high status they have in there society.They are people like you who make the women feel ashamed by saying these kind of things against them.And remember we separated from INDIA because we wanted a country for Muslims.So we will have Mosques and religious institutes.

Noor | 13 years ago | Reply True! there should be death before disgrace. But, we've to deal with the offenders with wisdom, keeping in view our military & economic situation vis-a-vis the opponents. it is better to strengthen ourselves with unity, education & economy, before taking on any suicidal mis-adventure. Learned scholars should be consulted before taking final decision steps.

Pan Mat | 13 years ago | Reply And yet Mr. Rehman Malik will go on record next time with the opinion that India did not give credible evidence against JUD. As per Mr Malik, Indian case is very weak as JUD is a charity organization. Even more appalling is the indifference of average masses in Pakistan at this double standard but willingness to raise ghairat guns for cases such as as Aafia Siddique.

Disco Molvi | 13 years ago | Reply Where are the Jamaat ud Dawa apologists who claimed time and time again that it is not a militant outfit but a charity organization?

arsalan rauf | 13 years ago | Reply Why don't these beards protest when acid is thrown on the faces of women or when 6 year old girls are raped by our mard-e-momins ???

RizwanTKhan | 13 years ago | Reply Rock On!

MAD | 13 years ago | Reply Get a job. better yet get a life you dopes.

S Khan | 13 years ago | Reply Do the leaders are familar with WAR & its conquences , look at IRAQ , Afghanistan & SOMALIA now LIBYA.These are the leaders who have brought the peace loving nation to this stage where we are NATION WITH WAR WITH OURSELF. Why we call them the leaders did they ever won a seat in any assambly, they are made leaders thanks to AMIR UL MONINEEN ZIA UL HAQ POLICY

PostMan | 13 years ago | Reply Sticks and stones may break my bone... but they wont hit the Apache Helicopter for sure. Trust me on this one. This country needs education now more than ever.

abdul rafay | 13 years ago | Reply When will these guys also hold protests against saudia arabia,UAE & Iran for violating our sovereignty.These countries have been funding religious extremism in our country for over 3 decades now.They've set up thousands of their madrassas,mosques & religious political parties which spread the most vile religious propaganda.Pakistan before the 1970's used to be a peaceful place without religion being shoved down one's throat.now we have the mazhabi channels propagating their jaundiced attitudes & beliefs 24/7 .We have the madrassas instilling barbarity & savagery into our next generation. we have demagogues like farhat hashmi with her dars parties & five star seminars telling another generation of girls to feel ashamed of their gender & to hide their sinful bodies under layer upon layer of extra suffocating clothes.Before this foreign invasion of our sovereignty our women didn't feel as ashamed of being women as they do now,thanks to the constant misogynistic propaganda by the religious rightwing.

Hasan | 13 years ago | Reply