Jamaat-e-Islami has ties with al Qaeda: Altaf
MQM circulates list of JI activists associated with militant groups.
Altaf Hussain accused JI’s chief Munawar Hasan of being the first in charge of the infamous thunder squad and said that he was close to the TTP’s slain chief Hakimullah Mehsud. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Accusing Jamaat-e-Islami of having ties with militant groups, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain demanded that the federal government ban the party.
“The Jamaat-e-Islami has strong links with the al Qaeda and the Taliban. Its activists are being killed in drone attacks. Therefore, cases should be initiated against the party and it should be banned,” said Altaf Hussain, addressing a general workers’ meeting at the Lal Qila ground, Karachi, on Tuesday.
The party leader accused JI’s chief Munawar Hasan of being the first in charge of the infamous thunder squad and said that he was close to the TTP’s slain chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
During Altaf Hussain’s speech, the party workers distributed a list of activists associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, who were either killed in drone attacks or were arrested in different terrorist activities. Referring to the ruckus created by IJT students in Lahore, Altaf said that they were released without any charges a day after being arrested. “The Jamiat does as it pleases and no one takes any action against them.”
Meanwhile, expressing displeasure over the current targeted operation in Karachi, the MQM chief warned that if discrimination did not end against them, and if Mohajirs got out of his hands, the entire armed forces in the country would not be able to control them.
Altaf said that because of the targeted operation, thousands of his workers could not sleep at night as they were being indiscriminately picked up.
The MQM chief said that the party should not be considered an enemy of the state. “Mohajirs have not yet demanded separation and we don’t want to demand this. Our ancestors created the country and we want to save and protect it.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2013.
Accusing Jamaat-e-Islami of having ties with militant groups, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain demanded that the federal government ban the party.
“The Jamaat-e-Islami has strong links with the al Qaeda and the Taliban. Its activists are being killed in drone attacks. Therefore, cases should be initiated against the party and it should be banned,” said Altaf Hussain, addressing a general workers’ meeting at the Lal Qila ground, Karachi, on Tuesday.
The party leader accused JI’s chief Munawar Hasan of being the first in charge of the infamous thunder squad and said that he was close to the TTP’s slain chief Hakimullah Mehsud.
During Altaf Hussain’s speech, the party workers distributed a list of activists associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, who were either killed in drone attacks or were arrested in different terrorist activities. Referring to the ruckus created by IJT students in Lahore, Altaf said that they were released without any charges a day after being arrested. “The Jamiat does as it pleases and no one takes any action against them.”
Meanwhile, expressing displeasure over the current targeted operation in Karachi, the MQM chief warned that if discrimination did not end against them, and if Mohajirs got out of his hands, the entire armed forces in the country would not be able to control them.
Altaf said that because of the targeted operation, thousands of his workers could not sleep at night as they were being indiscriminately picked up.
The MQM chief said that the party should not be considered an enemy of the state. “Mohajirs have not yet demanded separation and we don’t want to demand this. Our ancestors created the country and we want to save and protect it.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2013.