JI chief Munawar Hassan. PHOTO: IRFAN ALI
Addressing a two-day workshop of JI members at the party’s provincial headquarters on Sunday, Hassan suggested the premier can also include a member of the military in the negotiation process.
He said Indian and US lobbies were working against the interest of Pakistan and wanted to push the country into anarchy.
He said America and its Nato allies had failed to conquer Afghanistan after 12 years despite their superior technology and that if use of force was a guarantee of success America would have managed to conquer the country by now.
The JI chief said peace in Pakistan was possible through dialogue and recalled that the use of force had led to the separation of East Pakistan. He alleged the Constitution was being violated in Balochistan and Sindh but the rulers do not care about it and said tribesmen who played a crucial role in liberating Kashmir are being punished for their loyalty.
Military operations have displaced thousands of people across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), said Hassan. He asked the prime minister to send a delegation to contact the Afghan Taliban and Mullah Omar to get their help to achieve peace in Pakistan.
He alleged Western lobbies were behind deteriorating law and order in the country. Speaking on local politics, Hassan asked party activists to start preparations for the local government elections and said the present government had been driven into office to achieve peace and economic stability and should work to get the country out of its current mess.
JI K-P chief and a member of the Taliban committee Professor Mohammad Ibrahim said on the occasion that both committees have not made direct contacts and are communicating through talk shows on television. He added they were being informed of each other’s positions through news channels. Ibrahim said despite several attempts they were yet to meet the government’s committee members. “Either the committee does not have permission of the army or the government to meet with us,” he said, adding those who want the use of force should show positive results of previous military operations.
The JI leader said they are now waiting for the deadlock to end so negotiations can resume as peace talks are the only way forward.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2014.
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@Khan: If they are RAW agents than why are they enjoy unconditional support from so called religious parties????? Do you have any answer in this regard please? We all know that Saudi, Qatari, UAE and Kuwaiti money is behind this genocide of Pakistan. Saudis are the worst of all, they motivate muslims to kill muslims in Madersas through Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq (religious parties leaders) in our country and for blame game they have told us few names like RAW, CIA and MOSAD etc...
@sabi: You are a great friend of Nawaz Sharif? After his alliance with the military, not only he has degraded the democracy but most probably placed himself on Talibans hit list.
Rex Minor
I think we had enough from this so called JI leadership. PM should now send a reference to SC for life time ban on this party. Bangladesh did good job and so is Egypt doing the same.
@Khan: @Nikki: Are you implying that APC (which used the term ''brothers'' for the freedom fighters) are also funded by RAW.
All these jamaatis in our country should be handed over to Awami league government of Bangladesh
@Observer: "The leader of PMLN cannot even come on TV and tell the nation that this is the time to exterminate the poisonous insects.." They will come on tv and own this war with great pride.They have done their main job .i.e to bring army on the same page.Coming soon!.
Leaders of JI, JUI PTI like this Hasan, Mullah Fazl, Burqa Aziz are aiding and abetting terrorists, killers and Internationally banned terrorists organizations: LeJ, TTP, JeM, LeT, Jondullah etc. There should be Interpol arrest warrants issued for these people for crimes against humanities. If caught traveling outside this country will be detained, under custody.
Pakistan should take the same initiatives as Bangladesh and Finish these enemies within first ... JI and culprits like them are the ones supporting TTP.. our forces need to remove these perpetrators first...
Pakistan should launch the operation against TTP, and heck include Jamiat Islami in the operations as well. I bet that will solve alll the terrorist problems in Pakistan. There is another islamic party, I forgot the name, headed by a big fat guy, include him as well.
JI and JUI (all alphabet combinations) should be banned and their leaders tried for high treason for conspiring with enemies, TTP and therefore being complicit in the murder of thousands of Pakistani civilians and security service members. Imran Khan and his party are also on the borderline of treasonous behavior and need to figure out whether their long term interests coincide with the the TTP or with the rest of Pakistan.
you can know a party by the caliber of its leader. Anyone with an iota of intelligence would know that the PTI, JUI and JI leaders are insane, so all the followers of these parties really are sad joke on pakistan. The leader of PMLN cannot even come on TV and tell the nation that this is the time to exterminate the poisonous insects in north waziristan, but he had no problem in going to the parliament and announce "talks" with barbarians.
@khan Lay down your weapons and stop killing Pakistanis and we can talk. Until then we will eradicate the RAW funded evil from our land.
Still you believe TTP is a RAW agent masha allah! do you think India welcome this taliban type of shariah law in our country. Why can't you accept some of the Pakistan religious parties want makes pakistan as emirates of pakistan. Please wake up. more over we know how taliban ruled afghanistan. Best of luck.
he is the enemy within
I am glad to observe that PTI has finally come to realize that it is futile to expect any negotiated settlement with TTP after Karachi and Mohmand Agency incidents. They are simply not interested in a talk with in a constitutional framework. If they don't recognize the constitution they don't respect the writ of the state. They are then enemy combatant.
No thanks, no talks.Enough is enugh.
If I, an ordinary Pakistani citizen, kill another human being, I will be rightfully arrested, tried in a court of law, sentenced to death and hanged.
The Prime Minister or any authority will NOT negotiate ANYTHING with me
Are the Taliban better than me? Do they pay more taxes than me? Even after committing "Gunah Kabira" many many times, are they better Musalmans than me?
WHY SHOULD MY PRIME MINISTER OR ANY ONE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM?
While I admire many things about JI im afraid recent events including some of the statements given by their Ameer are really making the party appear nonsensical. If JI hopes to survive as a viable political entity they must replace their Ameer (which they wont) with someone more sensible and in touch with present ongoings.
In the same tone he should ask TTP to stop attacking on Pakistani people.
Yeah yeah, Amir Saheb, he is sticking to the talks. However only the negotiating team has been changed. Talks will now be conducted by the Armed Focres in the language these Khwarji TTP understand.
why is this guy not behind bars yet?
he openly called the talibans martyrs and said the pakistan army soldiers who died fighting them could not be shaheed.
jamaat-e-islaami needs to be banned immediately, like bangladesh. they are in cahoots with the taliban and making fools of the nation.
Lay down your weapons and stop killing Pakistanis and we can talk. Until then we will eradicate the RAW funded evil from our land.