Qazi Warns Against Western Designs against Pak Nukes

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has taken strong exception to the statement of IAEA chief Mohammad Elberadi that Pakistan's nukes could go into the hands of extremists, and termed it a part of the conspiracies being hatched against the country in the wake of assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Addressing a high level meeting of central office bearers of the party at Mansoorah on Wednesday, Qazi said western power has launched another onslaught against Pakistan to destabilize the country for ulterior motives.

The meeting which was participated by Ch Rehmat Elahi, Ch Aslam Saleemi, Liaqat Baloh, Hafiz Mohammad Idrees, Syed Munawar Hasan, Dr, Farid Ahmad Piracha, Mian Maqsood Ahmad and Amirul Azim took decisions to give one day extension to the JI Shoora meeting scheduled for Jan 14-16, and mandated all district ameers of the party to attend. The meeting will deliberate the prevalent political situation and post election scenario to chalk out future line of action for the party.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad said the west is tightening the grip on Pakistan to capture our nukes by making negative propaganda, whereas no word is spoken against Israel and India despite that Israeli nukes are a constant threat for Palestinians and Arabs amidst Israeli genocide of Palestinians and the concerns that Tel Aviv could make nuclear strikes against Palestinians any time. On the other hand, he said, India has been massacring Kashmiris and extremists Hindus had threatened many times to exterminate Pakistan.

The JI ameer said US is the only irresponsible state which massacred millions of Japanese with Nuclear bombs in cold blood. Qazi said entire anti Pakistan onslaught regarding nuclear assets is there only because of the military dictator Gen Musharraf who bowed down before Washington to make it an easy prey. He said any democratic government would never have bowed down before Washington but would see it eye to eye and taken a courageous stance. He warned that further continuation of Gen Musharraf in power would pose more threats for the country and the need of the hour is to have an independent interim government which should hold free elections under independent election commission to rid the country of the present crisis.

He further warned that participation in Feb 18 elections would give strength to Musharraf regime which has already completed preparations for massive rigging of the polls. He said the dictator and his cohorts want to stage sham elections to provide justification for their dictatorial actions and future fascist regime. He reiterated that such a situation would be a deadly blow to rule of law, supremacy of the constitution and fundamental rights, adding that all political parties should unanimously boycott the elections and get united on one platform to remove the illegal and unconstitutional regime.