JI chief Munawar Hassan. PHOTO: INP/ FILE
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan on Saturday hit out at the United States over the growing influence of India in Afghanistan’s affairs, claiming that the role had been ascribed to it by none other than Washington.
In this connection, the JI leader vented his anger at the current Pakistani leadership, particularly Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for failing to check the enhanced Indian influence in the neighbouring war-torn country.
“India does not share its border with Afghanistan. Pakistan should strongly protest any role from India in the country especially when it poses a security threat to us,” said the JI chief.
Hassan also slagged off the premier for “abandoning the Kashmir cause”.
Speaking at the birth anniversary of JI Azad Jammu Kashmir chapter and the anniversary of Kashmir Martyrs’ Day on Saturday, the JI chief said Premier Nawaz had a “soft corner” for India, pointing out all his friendly gestures towards New Delhi since coming to power in May this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 14th, 2013.
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Now Indians can see their faces when Mr. Verma spoke out the facts about who did Mumbai & Parliament attacks. You can not fool arround all the times. We know your depth of sincerity in Afghanistan along with your new masters, the US. People like Hassan know what you are upto. The biggest problems with you indians is that you do propaganda and then you make yourselves believe in that.
Down with Indian terrorists, have a mirror before bashing others Indian Army committing shear violence in Kashmir more than 1lac missing persons, hundreds of unnamed graves discovered recently with multiple dead bodies, women dishonoured even army committing crimes in India, Canada refuses visas to Indian military on the basis of their crimes!! THeir Hindu extrmists org cann't even tolerate India pak matches on their soil and they blame our Mullas !
@Vishal Kaul: @Vishal Kaul: "leadership and army accept mujibar shakih as prime minister after winning election its not a murder of Democracy and rights of east Pakistani;" Yes, here you are absolutely right but still India used it as a pretext to undo Pakistan. How can we forget the forcible occupation of our country. India could have waited for us to settle our own problems. But if India needed an excuse to destruct Pakistan it did. And, this is no figment of the imagination of Pakistanis, this is real history and no people can forget such a trauma. One of the causes of the "millions" dying after partition was the division of Punjab that India forced on Pakistan. Had this not happened many lives would have been saved. The Dams that India has constructed on Jhelum and Chenab are not only for the generation of hydropower but they can easily be used to store water and deprive Pakistan of much needed irrigation, especially when Himalayas are frozen and there is barely a trickle of water in the months of December and January when we have wheat sowing season. Discrimination and exploitation of Hindu lenders and Bunyas of Moslem share-croppers is legendary. No denial would do any good. Some Indian leaders indeed, such as, Gandhi, wanted a purely secular society but the Indian society never really has become secular despite the Constitution and its Government. It is not the Pakistan Government which makes fool of its citizens; it is the Indian Government which does. For example, it introduced nuclear weapons in South Asia by its "peaceful nuclear explosion" in 1974 and called it "Smiling Buddha." I congratulate the Indians of winning the propaganda war against Pakistan.
Mullah or not Hasan is a politician and is just cautioning the Govt. He has said nothing that reflects hate for India.
ET purposefully over blew Munawwar's statement to get him some bashing from the Indians.
@Dr.A.K.Tewari: "Forget , Kashmir and take care of the area which has been given to you in 1947 ." We fought for Pakistan, tooth and nail. It was "given" to us. As regards, Kashmir, they shall free themselves on their own. Take care.
@Vishal Kaul: Hasan does not hate India but he keeps Pakistan interests paramount. That Jamaat was involved in killing people in former East Pakistan is a false propaganda. Pakistan's State elements fought Mukti Bahina who were trained by India to cause bloodshed in former East Pakistan to soften the way for the invasion by Bharat's army of invasion. You Indians are masters of false propaganda and know how to twist facts. For example, you called India's first atomic explosion on 1974 "Peaceful Buddha." Only India is capable of "peaceful nuclear explosions."
@Vishal Kaul: I don't hate India but realistically India has done a lot of harm to Pakistan and so many Pakistani realists understand that India is to be guarded against further mischief. India accepted the 3 June Partition Plan and against it demanded the division of Muslim majority provinces of Punjab and Bengal. We acquiesced but still that did not earn us India's goodwill. Then accepting of ceasefire with the false hope of a free and fair plebiscite only led to India's strengthening of its stranglehold of Kashmir. India even denies fare share of water that India agreed to under the 1960 Indus Basin Treaty. It built the Wuler Barrage at Jhelum and the Baglihar Dam at Chenub. In 2002, VAJPEE threatened to unilaterally walk out of the Treaty to run Pakistan dry. India, on a false pretext, intervened in Pakistan's civil war in 1971 to break it apart. Thus we are forced to counteract India with the cooperation of China and to a lesser extent with unreliable support from the United States. Our relationship with China makes India envious. Let India give up it policy of coercive diplomacy and hegemony and it shall find Pakistan to be a friendly country, especially under the present dispensation.
Sir you saying munnwar hasan is not a mullah but he and his organization jamat which branch in east Pakistan are involved in genocide of Bangladeshi Muslims and Hindus also . Hasan and there organization's always hate India for there any contribution in progress of Afghanistan. Help any country to uplift from poverty and by making educational institutes is a sin in view of jamat what Pakistan do in Afghanistan in the from of supporting jihadi and Taliban development or destruction. @Peace Lover:
Did you guys realized that ghanavi, ghori, abdali and whereever these invaders came from to invade India are India's friends now.Afghanistan, central asia, Iran are all our friends now. We are their priority trading partners. Only, Pakistan is left alone. Think about it, they prioritize our friendship over pakistan now.we don't have animosity towards afghans or the Azeri or the kazakhs ...they adore us stating from the fact they are civilized people and talk sense without religion hampering their thought process. Even turkey is getting closer to us because of mutual trade and process. I realized Islam is not the issue here because these friends of India follow it with a open mind but a large following of intolerant fools across the border who make it an issue and we have our crackpots like rss etc.they survive on hatred towards each other's because it is their business and bread and butter. Cheerio, rab rakha
Those who claim to be muslim are in fact not muslims and those who do'nt claim are regarded as Kafir or Hindu . That means all Kafir and Hindus are real muslims with the only difference that they say many times ''Allah ho akber '' in their heart rather than five times a day through a loudspeaker .....?
Yes, India's role is very disturbing- They are helping the Afghans build roads, educational institutions, training manpower for their empowerment, creating infrastructure and other things to be self sufficient. Pakistan however has always played a positive role by sending Mujahideen, opening madrassas, sending ammunition to Afghanistan!
Munawwar Hassan is not a "mullah." He has good insights. Normalize relations with India without giving up your guard.
Dear usman radical Islamic groups always right like jamat-i-islami and many other Islamic groups who behave like a butchers with pak army in east Pakistan and help pak army in ethnic cleansing of Bengali Muslims and specially Hindu of east Pakistan . Today Pakistani army and isi : is responsible for uncertainty in Afghanistan by supporting Taliban and other Islamic terrorist group's. Pakistan never gain any thing from that but Afghans hate Pakistan forever who loves Democratic rule in there country and want peace and progress in Afghanistan . But Pakistani army and is I do any thing on the name of Islam like Bangladesh and these jamat leader wants same things in Afghanistan and support terrorism of Taliban and pak army and isi.@Usman:
@Dr.A.K.Tewari: "Islam says , love your neighbors and these mullah asking PM to hate the neighbor " Doctor Sahib, who told you that these Mullahs are indeed muslims? Bhullay Shah had known these Mullahs better than anyone, that is why he said: MULLAHS are ROOTS of every evil in earth.
Islam says , love your neighbour . and these mullah parties requesting PM to hate the neighbour .
What a Disgusting people they are ....
The JI chief is indeed right here. We must not overlook the roles of other countries especially when we have had to face harsh realities with those nations. We must not act cowardly, it's time to stand up for our country proudly. Pakistan Zindabad!
@Munawar Hasan of Jamaat-e-Islami and all to whom it may CONCERN. !! I REFUSE TO ACCEPT YOUR HATE FOR MY NEIGHBORS. If you wish to fight with India or Afghanistan, go and do it. I am not part of your such PURISTAN.
"Premier Nawaz had a “soft corner” for India" and Mullahs of Pakistan were made of NAFRAT for EVERYONE.