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Qazi Hussain Ahmad press conference at Mansoorah Lahore, Nov 7: Jamaat-e-Islami Shoora (Central Executive Council) has authorized Qazi Hussain Ahmad to chalk out a unified strategy with other opposition parties and MMA component parties to launch a decisive anti Musharraf movement and staging a long march to Islamabad from all parts of the country to force dictatorial regime to quit. Qazi Hussain will constitute a steering committee to chalk out a strategy to run the anti government movement and call a meeting of MMA and other opposition parties within the next fortnight. "JI Shoora has also authorized me to tender the already collected resignations of the JI parliamentarians, one by one or collectively, as and when desired during the process of anti government movement," Qazi said while addressing a press conference at Mansoorah on Tuesday. To a question, Qazi said the resignations would be submitted after the masses would come out on streets against the dictatorial regime, adding that this decision would be taken after seeing masses' response to the anti Musharraf movement. He appealed to the people to come out on the streets on the call of opposition parties. He declared present regime a security threat to the country, saying the rulers were so coward and lacked moral courage to speak truth that Americans killed civilians in Bajaur. Instead, they put entire blame on Pakistani forces which earned them serious public wrath from across the country. He said the home work for contacting other political parties and MMA would be completed during current month. `I wish to take all opposition together and if this will not be possible then at least the MMA component parties should remain together', he said. Qazi said, "Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman will return from his visit abroad by 10th of Nov and I will call MMA summit and general council meeting after that." Qai expressed hopes that MMA central leadership will unanimously agree on the anti-government drive schedule. All the parties gathered on the platform of MMA are bound to follow the decision of the Supreme Council, he added. Harshly condemning Bajaur killings he said that the entire nation was angry and fuming over that. He refuted government claims that the foreigners were targeted, saying the lists of the dead had not a single foreigner but most of them were innocent children of ages seven to 15. He said the attack was aimed to sabotage the `peace agreement' that was scheduled to be signed with the Chief Tribesmen of Bajaur Agency and the government on the pattern of North Waziristan, but the Americans were against it. The American bombardment few hours before the signing agreement was a clear message that US did not want peace to establish in Pakistani tribal areas and that Musharraf must continue using army to kill the tribesmen, he added. He feared that after Bajour attacks Amerians could strike Mansoorah or Badshahi mosque, Jamia Ashrafia and other religious seminaries in Islamabad. Expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation he said that the mobile snatching has become a hobby. He said that unemployment, lawlessness, poverty and economic crises were the products of present rulers and Musharraf led regime is the responsible for all the crises being faced by the country at present. Commenting over the coming general elections he said that the results of the referendum, local bodies elections and even the by-elections has proved that the government could never hold fair and free elections. He said that during ongoing situation the next elections will be a complete fraud if held under Musharraf supervision. He lauded the resignation of Haroon Rashid, a JI MNA from Bajour Agency and by the senior minister NWFP Sirajul Haq, terming it a timely decision which was widely felicitated by people of the area. The JI leader warned that MMA can go to any extent if the government tried to bulldoze the select committee women protection bill in the National Assembly on Nov 10. Responding to another question he said that the movement would not be launched in hurry but leadership would mobilize the people after chalking out strategy and calling out workers first. He dispelled the impression the movement will be delayed saying that most probably the final date would be announced after the completion of the home work that is supposed to be done during current month. Yet to another question he said that MMA is not the hurdle in the way of JI and assured that MMA leadership will honour the JI decision. |
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