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Elections in the presence of Musahrraf would strengthen military dictatorship: Qazi Lahore, July 7: MMA president and Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has warned that any elections in the presence of Gen Musahrraf would only strengthen the military dictatorship. All the opposition parties will have to get united in a platform to take an unequivocal decision of supremacy of the constitution and removal of military dictatorship, he said while addressing the opening session of PML-N called APC in London, says a message received here on Saturday. Qazi said entire nation is united on '73 constitution and it should be restored on its position of Oct 12, 1999. He said complete independence of judiciary, ensuring all civil and democratic liberties, autonomous election commission and correct and impartial voters lists has acquired a status of national agenda. He urged upon all the participants of APC that they will have to get united on this agenda and decide about a concerted and comprehensive struggle for its achievement. Qazi emphasized that the dictator who usurped the power at gun point would never leave it on mere statements and appeals. All the political parties will have to launch a unanimous struggle for this purpose. He supported the suggestion of Mian Nawaz Sharif that all the opposition parties should resign from assemblies en bloc if Gen Musharraf tried to get himself re elected as president from the same assemblies. He said if any one or two parties did not join into this decision even then all other parties should resign to activate the masses to get rid of the military dictator. Qazi Hussain Ahmad suggested that APC should constitute a committee to chalk out a comprehensive, unanimous and long term plan, adding that the exiled leadership should also return immediately and try to overcome those hurdles which government created in their return. Earlier, Qazi Hussain Ahmad made the APC to pray and offer Fateha for those killed in Karachi on May 12 and who have been killed in the city everyday, those who were killed in Balochistan, victims of floods and those killed in Lal masjid military operation, at the start of the conference. He said MQM is a fascist gang shedding blood of innocent political workers and opponents under Gen Musahrraf's patronization, while its leader is sitting in London issuing orders of murder and massacre. He demanded the British government to stop sheltering a terrorist and criminal and instead put him into a court. Qazi said independence of judiciary is the key of all independences, adding that we are standing at its back. He said Pakistan should not only be liberated from the military occupation but also from the foreign interventions because the country is betraying with the cause of Kashmiri freedom struggle on US pressure, besides punishing our great hero Dr Qadeer Khan for his uncommitted crimes, massacring innocent people in tribal areas, madaris and mosques and has put our army against its own people. |
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