Identifying ‘third force’: JUI-F blames Blackwater for unrest
According to Aslam Ghauri, the JUI-F’s Sindh information secretary, the party recently met the Sindh chief minister to share their concerns. “We told him that there are outsiders who are involved and responsible for the worsening situation in the country and this is a direct result of closing down the Nato supply routes,” Ghauri told The Express Tribune. “Karachi and Balochistan are being targeted and sectarianism is being spread. The people who are being implicated are not the ones involved.”
He said that there is a “third force” involved that is making people fight among each other and is responsible for the targeted killings. “However, our ulema understand this situation and the JUI-F network also knows not to respond. This sectarianism is a conspiracy.”
Referring to the controversial security contractor firm now known as Xe, Ghauri alleged that “Blackwater’s mercenaries are involved”.
Guarding your own
A JUI-F seminary in Quetta was bombed on Thursday and 16 people were killed in the attack, including relatives of JUI-F Secretary General Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. However, the party is not looking at increasing security measures at seminaries across Sindh. “We have not increased security because we do not think this will be resolved by doing so,” said Ghauri. “The real facts should be presented to the people. The government is the one who is responsible for security and they should increase it.”
Ghauri maintained that the party has their own security arrangements at mosques and seminaries which would continue as they are.
The JUI-F has a substantial network of seminaries and mosques across the province. During the 2011 floods, the party-run seminaries also engaged in relief work.
A teacher at a seminary, linked to the JUI-F in Badin district, said that the seminary worked in disaster zones for the first time and had also been instructed to do so by the Wafaqul Madaris Arabia.
He said they had distributed Rs300,000 in cash and provided rations to 5,000 families in Tando Bago, Shadi Larj and Jhuddo. Scores of seminary students from Sindh and Balochistan also attended the massive rally organised by the JUI-F in Karachi on January 27.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 10th, 2012.
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@Jake: Oh, come on Jake where have you been the last eleven years or so. I thought I was being quite restrained with my Blackwater comments. It is well known that the terms Blackwater/CIA are almost interchangeable, and Blackwater moves all around the world doing the dirty jobs. I could list out many of their nasty tricks, and there is also the point that Blackwater changed its name, because of the notoriety it achieved. Actually, I like the accusation of conspiracy theory. Whenever governments do something wrong and object to it being raised in public they come out with the old cliche of conspiracy theory. It used to work as a put down, but it is becoming a little outdated now. Additionally, U.S. security employs a reasonable high number of people whose sole job is to counter what is termed dis-information. However,I do not suppose this little missive will make any difference to your way of thinking. You appear to enjoy wallowing in your obvious mental conditioning.
this man aslam ghouri is big fraud
Actually these are agents from the Bolivian secret service who come ashore from their floating base ( disguised as the Titanic ) to blend into Pakistani society dressed as Mickey Mouse as not to arouse suspicion!
Yeah right. but your allies say that there is no blackwater in the country!!!! Religious political parties are the biggest threat to Pakistan than any other spy agencies.
Blackwater, the game of thrones episode?
I am not fully familiar with the Karachi or Quetta problems, and am not prepared to lay the blame on Blackwater yet, but we cannot ignore the JUI-F allegations. After all, the past record of Blackwater does not fill one with confidence, and looking at the comments so far, they give the impression of mainly being written by Blackwater personnel. Additionally, Blackwater, to put it mildly, broke a few rules in Iraq as far back as 2007, and the American justice system is still trying to work out what to do about it. Hopefully, the ISI is keeping an eye on Blackwater? From bitter experience, it has become quite clear that Blackwater is far from trustworthy within the Pakistan framework.
Yes, JUI-F is right, Black water being using their party as well, but now black water found other consultants to do it better,,,
It is a known fact that foreign networks do exist in Balochistan. Maybe a few decades from now the real story may come out.
great !!!!! JUI-F should also explore if Backwater was responsible for the floods in Pakistan ?
Being Paranoid is an understatement
Blackwater is also responsible for my black hairs :-)
It's called Akademi (yes) incase they didnt know! How can these people come up with such innuendos? Proof PLEASE!