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For Pakistan, Kashmir is a matter of life and death : JUI-F

April 29, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Karachi, Apr.29 (ANI): Describing the Kashmir issue as a matter of ‘life and death’ for Pakistan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has reiterated Islamabad’s long standing demand of resolving the Kashmir issues in accordance with the United Nations (UN) resolutions.

Speaking during a seminar titled: “Kashmiris Right of Self Determination”, Rahman said Kashmir was of utmost importance for Pakistan.

Citing China’s claims over Taiwan, he said Pakistan should also follow Beijing’s approach while dealing with the Kashmir issues.

“China has been single-mindedly pursuing its case for Taiwan.Much can be learnt from Chinese experience. Unfortunately Pakistan’s foreign policy is not truly reflective of consistency that a matter like Kashmir deserves and requires,” The Nation quoted Rahman, as saying.

“The people of Kashmir enlivened Kashmiri movement with their sacrifices but the Shimla Pact diluted the very international nature of Kashmir dispute. There have been several solutions for the Kashmir problem but the best one will be one that is based upon peaceful accommodation between the two countries,” he added.

Rahman said that post 9/11, Pakistan’s Kashmir policy had suffered great setbacks, and that it has now become a question of Pakistan’s survival.

“Today this problem was no longer Kashmir oriented. It is now a problem of Pakistan’s existence for Pakistan’s agriculture has been facing direct consequences of water terrorism by India,” he said.

Speaking during the seminar, Dr. Moonis Ahmar, chairman Department of International Relations, Karachi University, described the Kashmir issue as a ‘human’ problem.

Ahmar emphasized upon a peaceful solution for the Kashmir problem, saying its solution could fundamentally alter the lives of more than one billion people in South Asia.

“Practical measures should be taken towards the direction of Kashmir’s resolution because the absence of peace has proved to be detrimental to the common interests of common people of the region,” he said. (ANI)

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Pak Government conspiring to divide Kashmir permanently: JUI leader

March 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, Mar.16 (ANI): Criticising the present Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) led government for not being able to break the deadlock over the Kashmir issue, senior Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI) leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed has accused them of conspiring to divide the Kashmir region permanently between India and Pakistan.

Speaking during a function organised by the Tehreek-e-Kashmir (United Kingdom), Ahmed said the Gilani government is conspiring to make the Line of Control (LoC) a permanent border between India and Pakistan, and giving a provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan was the first step in this regard.

He termed the special autonomy package for Gilgit-Baltistan as ‘unconstitutional’ and urged Kashmiri people from both sides of the border to oppose the move.

Ahmed blasted Pakistani leaders of playing into the hands of international powers.

He also took a swipe at former President General Pervez Musharraf, saying he took a ‘u-turn’ on the Kashmir issue under foreign pressure, and added that the PPP government is still following Musharraf’s policies over the long pending issues.

Speaking during the function, Tehreek-e- Kashmir president Mohammad Ghalib also criticised Musharraf for compromising on Pakistan’s stance over the issue.

“Former military dictator Pervez Mushrraf has caused huge damage to Kashmir cause by accepting the dictation of foreign powers and compromising legitimate position of the country on this key issue,” The Nation quoted Ghalib, as saying. (ANI)

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US wants to establish ‘Mini Pentagon’ in Islamabad: JUI chief

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Sep.6 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Fazlur Rehman has said the United States want to create a mini Pentagon in Islamabad.

The Nation quoted Rehman as saying that US’ plans are threatening the country’s sovereignty.

He warned that the presence of the controversial US firm ‘Blackwater’ inside Pakistan would cause bloodshed.

Meanwhile, the Chinese Embassy has clarified its concerns over US expansion plans.

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui had told a press conference here: “China has concerns over expansion of US embassy in Islamabad and the United States should expand its embassy by materializing rules and regulations of Pakistan.”

A second statement issued by the Chinese Embassy said that Zhaohui’s comments were misinterpreted by the media.

It also denied the presence of armed personnel in the Embassy and added that the security of the Embassy was looked after by the Pakistani Government. (ANI)

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Swat military offensive has no Parliament backing: JUI-F

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) president, Fazl-ur-Rehman has criticized the PPP led government, saying that the ongoing military offensive in Swat and Malakand Divisions has no backing either of the Parliament or the National Security Committee.

Speaking at a program in Jamia Qasmia here, Rehman blamed the US led allied forces for Pakistan’s present turbulent situation.

“The foreign forces have created chaotic situation in Pakistan by imposing their war on us,” The News quoted Rehman, as saying.

He did not support the Taliban’s methodology of using violent means to force the authorities to implement the ‘Sharia’, but stressed that it was the responsibility of the government to implement the Islamic law as soon as possible.

“The government should fulfill its responsibility toward enforcement of Shariah,” Rehman said. (ANI)

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Taliban’s actions totally ‘unIslamic’, claims top cleric

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, June 19 (ANI): Top cleric and rector of the Darul Uloom Waqf (Deoband), Maulana Salim Qasimi, has denounced the Taliban for its unIslamic viewpoints and actions, saying that the banned outfit does not qualify for any affiliation with Jama’at Deoband.

“It is totally against Islam to blow up the barber shops, education organizations and tombs,” said Qasimi.

He added that the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan was ‘unIslamic’.

Referring to the Taliban’s statement in which it termed the democracy and the court of law as Kufr, Qasimi said it was sheer ignorance on part of them.

“The concept of democracy is also present in Islam, but it has various manifestations,” The News quoted Qasimi, as saying.

When asked to comment on the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Qasimi said he (Rehman) was more a political leader than a religious scholar.

Another top preacher of the Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Habibur Rehman, also criticized the Taliban for destroying girls’ education institutions across the country, and acting against women education.

“Women have right to get all kinds of education including modern education, and its opposition is nothing but ignorance,” Rehman said. (ANI)

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Pak fundamentalist outfit leader says India involved in Malakand unrest

May 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, may 25 (ANI): India has had a role to play in fermenting unrest in the Malakand agency of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), claimed Markazi Jamiat Ehle Hadith leader Sajid Mir.

He accused authorities in Islamabad of neither issuing stringent statements against the Indians nor appealing to the international community to stop India from intruding in Pakistan’s internal affairs.

Addressing a meeting of the central Rabta Committee, Mir said the Pakistan Government needed to adopt a more coherent approach on its military operations in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

He said the presence of the American military in Pakistan’s tribal areas can be a dangerous to the country’s strategic assets.

He also accused the Pakistani leadership of colluding with Washington to facilitate drone strikes in the remote tribal areas, and added that sustainable peace could not be established until the drone attacks were stopped.

Sajid Mir said that it was about time that the government identified the country’s real enemy otherwise its skewed policies would inflict irreversible damage to the national interest. (ANI)

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Pak military divided in its resolve to counter Taliban threat: Report

May 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, May 6 (ANI): Even though Pakistan has initiated a military offensive against the Taliban under immense international pressure, and the army has claimed sanitizing scores of militants, Pakistan’s military is divided in its resolve to root out the extremists from country’s soil, a leading US daily said.

A report in the New York Times said that amid the chaos in Pakistan, the United States, which has expressed concerns about the ‘existential threat’ and has vowed to provide huge financial aid to thwart it, still remains unpopular in Pakistan.

Furthermore, the report said that despite the increasing Taliban threat some religious parties still sympathize with the outlawed outfit.

The now ‘tattered’ Swat peace deal was popular among the people of the region because they hoped that the accord will bring peace to the restive valley which had been facing a war like situation for the last two years.

Large numbers of people, who are now forced to flee from regions like Buner and Swat, have criticized the military operation as it has left them homeless.

Now that the peace deal has been broken, it is also evident that TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad does not have any control over the militia.

The extent of unwillingness of some of the military officials to fight against the Taliban can be gauged from the statements of a Supreme Court lawyer Anees Jillani.

Jillani recently visited Swat and found out that there were many army officials who were hesitant to fight against the extremists.

“When you ask them why you are not defeating them, they ask: ‘Why should we?’ And you ask about Sufi Muhammad, they say: ‘What’s wrong with him?” the newspaper quoted Jillani, as saying.

Some political parties are also against the offensive, and have blamed the government of breaking the deal.

General Secretary of the Jamiat-u-Ulama-i-Islam-S, Yousuf Shah said the government failed to keep its part of the Swat deal that is why the TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad failed to convince the Taliban fighters.

“For 20 years these people have been struggling peacefully for Shariah, but it was no use.It is a natural thing when democratic avenues are not working to take up arms,” Shah said. (ANI)

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Getting photographed, democracy un-Islamic: Sufi Muhammad

May 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lahore, May 4 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad has declared it un-Islamic for anyone to be photographed, and added that democracy, communism, socialism, fascism are un-Islamic systems of governance.

Sufi said any duplicated image of a person, whether a “still picture or video” was un-Islamic.

Referring to the various systems of governance, he said democracy; communism, socialism and fascism were all un-Islamic, the Daily Times reported.

Sufi also said there was no need for a constitution in the country in the presence of the Quran and Sunnah, adding these were the “biggest laws” available to humanity. Focusing on democracy, he said it was un-Islamic, as infidels invented it.

“I would not offer prayer behind anyone who would seek to justify democracy,” he said, adding this was why he had refused to offer prayers behind Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman.

“How can people who believe in democracy be expected to enforce the ideals of sharia,” he said. Sufi said the struggle for Kashmir was to obtain land where Muslims could move about freely rather than seeking the implementation of shariat.

Sufi said the sharia system of governance not currently in force anywhere in the world, not even Saudi Arabia or Iran. “Only the Taliban had enforced sharia when they were in power in Afghanistan,” he added.

He said he had gone to Afghanistan to conduct jihad, and not to cater to Mullah Omar or Osama Bin Laden. “Jihad was obligatory at the time because the US wanted to end sharia in Afghanistan,” he added.

He said Muslims could not wage jihad until the enforcement of sharia, adding jihad becomes obligatory on Muslims only after infidels attempt to eliminate the sharia system of governance. (ANI)

Commenting on the status of women in a Taliban-run society, Sufi said women were not allowed to come out of their house for any reason other than to perform Haj. However, he added, a female patient was allowed to visit a male doctor to seek a cure for her ailments. (ANI)

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Taliban’s increasing writ in Pakistan could affect India, China : JUI-F chief

April 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr.23 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman while blaming the former president Pervez Musharraf for the “civil war-like situation” in the country following his decision to join the US led war on terror has said that the fall out of the Taliban’s increasing writ in Pakistan could also create trouble for India and China.

Addressing the National Assembly, Rehman expressed fears of the Taliban taking over Islamabad in the near future.

“You talk about Swat and Buner, but according to my information, they have reached Kala Dhaka and Tarbela. And if they continue advancing, there will be only Margalla Hills between them and the federal capital,” The Daily Times quoted Rehman, as saying.

He criticised the government for not being able to protect its writ in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Rehman also lashed out at the government for giving-in to the demands of the extremists to implement Islamic law in the Swat Valley.

“The Swat peace deal was “based on defeat, not success”, he said.

Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif, while addressing the National Assembly asked the government to review the deal it had inked with Sufi Muhammad. (ANI)

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Pak senators want review of peace deal with Taliban in Swat

April 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Apr 23 (ANI): Pakistani senators have asked the PPP-led Government to revisit the NWFP Government’s peace agreement with the Taliban in Swat and also review Islamabad’s role in the US war on terror.

Debating on President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, the lawmakers said the federal government should ensure implementation of the recommendations of Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

The members also demanded of the government to review its foreign policy in the light of recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee, The Nation reported.

Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Fazlur Rehman said that the Parliamentary committee on National Security had given its recommendations to the government to pull the country out of the crises.

He said that the foreign policy of the country was changed under pressure of the US. “We have to transform our policy in the national interest if we want to save the country,” Fazl added.

“The US President has given statement that they could not win the war on terror, then how we could win it?” he asked.

He said that the writ of government had been put to an end in Swat as well as in the entire NWFP due to military operation.

Khawaja Muhmad Asif of PML-N said that his party supported Nizam-e-Adl Regulation for peace in Swat, but now the activities of the Taliban were being expanded from Swat.

He said that the country was facing extremism and terrorism due to wrong policy of Pervez Musharraf, and stressed on holding All Parties Conference including all stakeholders to address the issues of the country.

Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao demanded the government to ensure implementation of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security.

“The entire tribal region has become ‘No Go Area’ and there are several Parliamentarians who did not visit their respective constituencies as yet,” he said, adding that the government had totally failed to establish its writ in any part of FATA region. (ANI)

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‘Pak-Taliban chief’s Sharia ideology incorrect’

April 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lahore, Apr. 21 (ANI): Pak-Taliban chief Sufi Muhammad’s Islamic ideology and Sharia implementation in Swat are incorrect, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said.

The News quoted Rehman, as saying that the procedure for enforcing Sharia in Swat was not correct and the recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) should be implemented in this regard.

Addressing a press briefing, Rehman said if democratic institutions had made necessary legislation for Islamic laws in the past, there would have been no complaints about Maulana Soofi Muhammad.

He added that the reason for the unrest in the NWFP was the deviation from the Islamic legislation.

Rehman also expressed surprise over the approval of Nizam-e-Adl Regulations in Swat by the same political parties, which had raised a hue and cry against the Hisba Bill.

“The MQM is implementing foreign agenda by opposing the Nizam-e-Adl in Swat,” he added.

Rehman termed US drone attacks lethal blows to the national security and solidarity, and unfortunately they were not being taken seriously by the Zardari Government.

“Such conspiracies (drone attacks) are being hatched to ignite sectarian riots in the country. A strategy should be evolved to counter drone attacks. The situation in the NWFP, Fata, Balochistan and Sindh had jeopardized the existence of the country,” he said. (ANI)

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Pak religious parties demand Sharia in NWFP

April 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr.10 (ANI): With the Pakistan Government giving its nod to the Taliban demand for Sharia courts in the Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), various religious parties are demanding the imposition of Islamic laws across the province.

Leader of a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami, Hamidul Haq Haqqani told a US daily that the implementation of sharia would allow the government to establish peace in the region.

Haqqani asserted that Islamic law should be implemented despite the opposite from the US.

“We would like it to be implemented in the entire country. It should be done whether Americans like it or not. The federal government should show some courage. It is one of the ways that Pakistan could be salvaged,” The Daily Times quoted Haqqani, as saying.

JUI-Fazl leader and a member of the NWFP legislature, Mufti Kifayatullah, also supported the call.

“We want to expand the system of Swat-like courts so that the people could get speedy and inexpensive justice in accordance with sharia,” Kifayatullah said.

Political leaders are of the view that it is not possible to implement sharia laws similar to what prevails in Swat and Malakand.

“The sharia laws in Swat-Malakand region have been implemented, keeping in view the demand of its inhabitants. The replication or extension of the same model to other parts of the country is not possible per se,” Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) spokesman Noor Alam Khan said. (ANI)

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Battle for beard set to get bigger

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Muslim organisations are up in arms over an alleged comment on Monday by a Supreme Court judge, who reportedly cited “Talibanisation” while turning down a Muslim student’s plea to sport a beard in school. Now, the debate over the Muslim beard — commonly considered an Islamic virtue rather than an immutable tenet – has come full circle.

The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a Muslim mass organisation, filed a broader case last month in the highest court, angling for a far-reaching ruling to allow Muslims to keep beards unconditionally, like Sikhs. The Jamiat case is likely to be one of the most fascinating courtroom duels over an Islamic emblem outside the Muslim world.

Here’s why. It is not often that an Indian civil case rests largely on the validity of anecdotes from the Islamic world.

Evidence in support of the beard ranges from 1,000-year-old Islamic injunctions from the Hadith (Prophetic traditions) to the Hukum ul Islam, a famous treatise in Arabic. The English translation was specially procured from London’s Dar At-Tawheed Publications.

“Our contention is that it is essential for Muslims to keep a beard in the light of the texts and traditions,” Anis Suhrawardy, the lawyer representing Jamiat leader Arshad Madani said. Just in case the court rules in favour of the Jamiat, India could become the first non-Muslim country to uphold the Muslim’s unfettered right to sport a beard.

Few Muslims think that keeping a beard could amount to supporting the Taliban’s extremist character. “I don’t dispute a particular judgement but if keeping a beard is akin to being a Taliban, I am proud to be one,” Jamiat leader Mahmood Madani told HT. Two previous cases over a right to keep a beard, both involving employees in the armed forces, prompted the special leave petition filed by the Jamiat.

In defence organisations, a person is allowed a beard if it was sported on joining service. Most Muslims agree that the beard has great religious significance but it is commonly treated as non-essential.

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Kashmiri engineer makes a chart to end confusion over Islamic calendar

March 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Mar. 21 (ANI): A Jammu and Kashmir based engineer has come out with a 504-year cyclical chart so that countries celebrating Islamic holidays do not face confusion over Islamic calendar dates.

“I have revised a lunar calendar for 504-years. The work, the approach is totally unprecedented and in my assessment the whole thing will go a long way in preserving the chaotic conditions that we face time and again,” Bilal Ghulam Nabi Mir said.

Welcoming Mir’s invention, President of Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis has forwarded his project to the Religious Affairs Ministry of Saudi Arabia for further analysis.

“I have sent a copy (of Bilal Ghulam Nabi Mir’s research work) to the Religious Affairs Ministry of the Saudi Arabia Government, and appealed to them that a great scholar from our state has done such a great job and asked them if it could be taken further,” said Molvi Showkat Shah, President, Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis.

The Islamic calendar follows the phases of the moon, which plays an important part in change of the dates. (ANI)

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Zardari accuses Sharif of hampering reconciliation efforts

March 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Mar.8 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is ready to mend ways with the PML-N in order to bring the present political blame game to an end, but the continuous verbal attack by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has made the matter worse.

Holding talks with the Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Zardari commended both the leaders for their reconciliation efforts.

According to sources, Zardari told Asfandyar Wali Khan and Fazlur Rehman that he is considering discontinuation of Governor’s rule in Punjab province.

Both the leaders also briefed Zardari about their meeting with Nawaz Sharif last week, The Daily Times reports. (ANI)

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Zardari’s sins of ‘mocking’ Pakistanis will never be forgiven : Shahbaz Sharif

March 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lahore, Mar.7 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader and deposed Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has charged President Asif Ali Zardari of fooling Pakistani civilians.

Addressing a public rally here, Sharif said Zardari is making mockery of democracy in the country.

“President Zardari repeatedly mocked the people of Pakistan. The nation will not forgive him for his sins,” The News quoted Sharif, as saying.

Sharirf said he supported the reconciliation efforts being initiated by the Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman to stabilise the country, but alleged that horse trading is being carried on the sidelines of negotiations.

He also charged Zardari of betraying Nawaz Sharif.

“Nawaz Sharif was back-stabbed after being called a big brother,” Sharif added.

Meanwhile, carrying on his attack on the Zardari administration, former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif said that a conspiracy is being hatched against the nation.

Addressing a protest rally outside the Punjab Assembly, he compared the verdict of the Supreme Court of disqualifying him and his brother Shabaz Sharif with the death sentence of Pakistan People’s Party founder Zulfikar Bhutto.

“The court decision to hang PPP founder Zulfikar Bhutto was wrong, as is our disqualification from contesting polls,” Sharif said.

Commenting on the proposed lawyers’ sit-in program in Islamabad, he said the protest march would change the fate of the country. (ANI)

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Zardari ready for reconciliation with Sharif

March 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Mar.6 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he is ready to mend ways with former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) chief, Nawaz Sharif.

In a meeting with Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Zaradri asked the PML-N to restrain itself from attacking the government, and added that he was ready to think about confidence building measures with Sharif.

According to sources, Zardari said he was ready to show flexibility and wanted reconciliation rather than confrontation.

After their talks with the President, both Asfandyar Wali Khan and Fazlur Rehman are expected to meet Nawaz Sharif to convey Zardari’s message.

Both leaders also met Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani and informed him about the latest developments.

According to a statement released by the Presidency here, Zardari had discussions with the JUI and ANP chiefs’ about the current political scenario in the country and the situation in the Frontier Province.

According to sources, the leadership of JUI and ANP, working as mediator, has asked Zardari to reinstate the Punjab Government by lifting the Governor Rule, and has also urged the PML-N to accept the restoration of judiciary without Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar and Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gilani has commended Khan and Rehman for promoting a politics of reconciliation and tolerance in the country.

“Only through this policy, democracy and state institutions can be strengthened in the country,” The Nation quoted Gilani, as saying. (ANI)

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Baloch leaders call for end to military operations in Balochistan

February 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Quetta, Feb.9 (ANI): The Balochistan All Parties Conference (BAPC) has called for an immediate end to military operations in Balochistan and the immediate release of nearly 6000 missing persons, who they claim have been languishing in torture cells for years.

The demand was made at a meeting in Quetta. Representatives of the Hazara Democratic Party, the Balochistan National Party, the Awami National Party, the Jamiat Ulema Islam, the Jamhoori Watan Party, the Jamaat Islami and other political groups attended the meeting.

The demand comes a week after top retired Pakistani military officials urged the Yousuf Raza Gilani Government to register cases against former President Pervez Musharraf and bring him to justice for imposing emergency in 2007 and ordering an army operation against the radical Lal Masjid.

The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen’s Association adopted a unanimous resolution in this regard, which also called for legal action against Musharraf for the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in an army operation in 2006.

Pakistan’s crimes against the Baloch people are not new. Pakistan’s forceful occupation and illegal annexing of Balochistan and exploitation of Baloch resource are the root causes of Baloch insurgencies. The Baloch people have fought and are still fighting against the illegal occupation of their land and exploitation of their resources (gas, oil and gold), which Pakistan has been looting for the past 58 years, leaving for Baloch people nothing but backwardness, torture, execution, military operation and genocide. Here are few examples of Pakistan’s crime and human right violations against Baloch people in Balochistan. (ANI)

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Pak Kashmir committee to remind Obama of his promise to resolve Kashmir issue

February 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Feb. 4 (ANI): Pakistan’s Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir has decided to send a memorandum to US President Barack Obama to remind him of his commitment to resolve the Kashmir issue.

The decision came after the committee’s meeting at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief, Fazlur Rehman.

“US president had pledged to resolve the Kashmir issue therefore the parliamentary committee should remind him of his promise. The committee would soon draft a memorandum to send it to President Obama,” the Daily Times quoted one committee member as saying.

The committee also passed a unanimous resolution saying the Kashmiris had a right to self-determination, and that Pakistan would continue its moral, diplomatic and political support to them. The committee urged the nation to observe February 5 as solidarity week with the Kashmiris.

Rehman told reporters that the US president had not taken any practical steps to resolve the Kashmir issue so far.

He said the US administration had earlier promised that the newly appointed US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, would also work for resolution of the Kashmir issue, but the promise has not been fulfilled.

The JUI-F chief criticised New Delhi for moving the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after the Mumbai terror attacks, adding it should also stick to the UN resolutions for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.

He also said that India was involved in creating trouble on Pakistan’s western border. (ANI)

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Zardari asks Rehman to aid in talks between Pak Taliban and government

January 21, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Lahore, Jan 21 (ANI): President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have asked Fazlur Rehman to aid in talks between the government and the Pakistan Taliban.

he leaders discussed national and regional security and “other important matters” during the meeting on Tuesday at the President’s House, which also included Interior Adviser Rehman Malik.

“Force is being used as a last option,” a private TV channel quoted Zardari, as saying

Fazl, the chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, had denied he was assigned such a task, but said he would play his part in the peace efforts if the responsibility is given to him.

Zardari promised to establish the writ of the state in Swat, and said his government would protect the rights of women and children, the Daily Times reported.

Sources privy to the meeting said that Zardari underscored the importance of women’s education in Islam, and said the Taliban would not be allowed to impose their extremist views on the population of the restive valley. (ANI)

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