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.

JI chief appeals for protest tomorrow in support of Dr Aafia.

2010-01-19:
LAHORE, Jan. 18: The Jamaat e Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has appealed to the nation to hold protest demonstrations and torch bearing rallies tomorrow, January 19, to express their solidarity with Dr Aafia Siddiqui as she faces her trial before a US court in totally baseless and concocted cases. The JI chief directed JI deputy secretary general Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha to coordinate such rallies with the support of the party at federal and provincial levels and in major cities. According to a Mansoora press release on Monday, Syed Munawar Hasan said that it was the moral duty of the Pakistani nation to come on roads for the sake of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Haafiza of the Holy Quran as she faced trial. He said all political and religious parties both in the government and the opposition should prepare themselves for an answer before Allah Al-Mighty on the doomsday about the part they played when a daughter of the nation was being disgraced in an American court. It is important that the renowned British journalist and newly convert to Islam, Ynonne Ridley, Dr Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia Siddiqui and Begum Amna Masud Janjua, head of the Missing Pakistanis organization, have also appealed for protest demonstration on Tuesday evening.