Current military operation in Baluchistan also destined to fail.

LAHORE, Jan.22:
The Jamaat e Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said that the 5th military operation going on Baluchistan would also fail like the previous four and the solution lay only in evolving national consensus and a national agenda.
He was addressing a national seminar on “ Baluchistan crisis, its cause, effects and solution” at Idara e Noor e Haq, Karachi on Wednesday, says a JIP press release here.
Prominent JUI leader Hafiz Husain Ahmed, acting chief of Baluchistan National Party Dr Jehannzeb Khan, and JI chiefs from Sindh and Baluchistan besides representatives of different political parties , prominent Baluch leaders , educationists, and columnists from national dailies also spoke on the occasion.
Syed Munawar Hasan said the Baluchistan issue was not the issue of a province only, it was an issue of the whole nation and the country and should be resolved as such. He said that there had been extra judicial killings, large scale abductions of the Baluchis and murders of young Baluch women and children.
He said as the Baluch leadership had rejected the Baluchistan package, the JI also rejected it. He called for ending the military operation as it was deepening hatred.
The JI chief said that in the 18th of February elections, the masses had voted for an end to the dictator’s rule with the hope that a new democratic culture would flourish in the country. But unfortunately, the thing had not changed at all.
He said that in the world history, problems had never been resolved through military operations. Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat and the Irish Republic Army were once condemned as terrorists but subsequently, the other side had to talk to them for a solution.
He noted that the MQM chief Altaf Husain had supported the operation in Swat but not in Karachi.

People to vote against pro-US policies: Baloch

Rawalpindi:

The residents of NA-55 will vote for Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the by-election on February 24 to reject pro-America policies and anti-people actions of provincial and federal governments.

JI central secretary general Liaquat Baloch stated this while addressing a ceremony held to inaugurate main election office of JI candidate from NA-55 Dr Muhammad Kamal here on Tuesday.

Baloch said the whole nation is eying on by-elections in Rawalpindi. He said the rulers in Islamabad and Lahore had disappointed the people and gave no relief to them. “Our people are well aware of facts and they cannot be misguided,” he said.

He said that due to wrong policies of the federal government and friendly opposition, the vital institutions of the country are heading towards confrontation and direct clash.

The ceremony was also addressed Maulana Abdul Mateen of JUI-F, Mian Muhammad Aslam, Hanif Chaudhry, Dabir Ahmed Khan and others. Sheikh Zahid, Muhammad Yamin Seithi, Sheikh Junaid and others announced their support to Dr Kamal.

Thousands protest against Dr. Aafia’s false trial, demand her release.

2010-01-20:
LAHORE, Jan. 20: Rallies and demonstrations protesting against the false and baseless trial of Dr Aafia Siddiqui before a US court were held Tuesday evening all over the country on an appeal by the Jamaat e Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan. The protesters condemned the prolonged detention of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and the inhuman treatment being given to her by the super power and called for her immediate release. • In the Punjab capital, large number of people including the workers of the JI and the Shabab e Milli staged a rally near the Masjid e Shuhada. on the Mall. JI secretary general Liaquat Baloch led the rally. In Islamabad, the protest was organised at the Islamabad Press Club. The demonstrators raised slogans against all those siding with the US at this critical juncture. • Addressing the Lahore rally, Liaquat Baloch termed the US as the international terrorist and champion of human indignity. The whole world, he said, was facing terrorism only because of the US. He said the US had been detaining a helpless Pakistani lady who was a Hafiza of the Holy Quran for the last six years. She was subjected to most inhuman treatment and tortured in most brutal ways. But the Pakistani rulers did not have the courage even to demand her release. • “What could be more insulting than the US special envoy rebuking Pakistani parliamentarians in their face and no body taking notice of that”, he added. • He said the PPP had been in power for two years by now. Long time ago, the Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution against drone attacks and demanded an end to these. But instead of implementing that resolution, the government allowed a free hand to the US for drone attacks. • Liaquat Baloch said that Dr. Aafia was a symbol of honour and dignity of the Islamic world .She was innocent but ex general Pervez Musharraf sold her away to the US in return for dollars and the present rulers were continuing his policy. He said nothing good in this regard could be expected from the present rulers. However, the citizens of the country would continue their efforts for the release of their respected sister. • Speaking on the occasion, Dr Farid Piracha said the US was punishing this country merely because of its nuclear programme. He deplored that the women organizations and NGOs were silent on Dr Aafia’s issue.