Ji rally: Munawar Hassan condemns drones

Claims JI is the only hope for the people of Pakistan.

BATHKHELA: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hassan has called for a protest on March 27 at the Parliament House, warning the government not to allow Nato supplies to pass through Pakistan to Afghanistan. Munawar lashed out against the government’s policies, saying that despite the fact that the there was a joint resolution of the parliament condemning drone attacks, the strikes still continued killing innocent people. He also added that the present government had failed badly in its attempts to restore peace and growth in the economy, claiming that the JI was the only hope for the people of Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 22^nd, 2012.