LAHORE, Nov 05: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has urged upon the nation to come out on the streets to protect next generations, asking JI workers to employ such methods of civil disobedience which cause the regime to dislodge.

In his message to the nation on Monday prior to his house arrest, which was issued to media by JI information department, Qazi said government and its agencies, army, police and rangers were using all tactics to suppress democratic rights of the
people and public protests, therefore it has become necessary for the unarmed people to employ alternative resources.

Earlier, talking to media in Mansoorah, Qazi said Gen Musharraf committed high treason and should be tried and punished article 6 of the constitution. He said it was not emergency rule but martial law in this garb, since emergency did not suspend the constitution except for few articles. He said Gen Musahrraf imposed this martial law since he feared Supreme court would give judgment against him in the petition challenging his eligibility for presidential elections.

Qazi said the nation should reject the judges taking oath under PCO and acknowledge the chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhri and others who refused PCO. He said at present there was no law in the country, nor the rulers possessed any civility or decency as they were subjecting the masses to extreme torture to suppress their protests. He condemnd the police torture and arrests of lawyers in Lahore High Court, adding that political workers were being arrested by police breaking into their houses. He said JI would initiate a spirit in the nation to protest and resist the dictators and it would spread all over the country. (#)


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