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ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Former senator and secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) Maulana Hafiz Hussain Ahmed on Friday claimed that the government had agreed to handover the nuclear installations to the US.
He was speaking at a demonstration held under the aegis of Afghanistan Defence Council (ADC) at Karachi Company area. Other who spoke on the occasion were: Maulana Nazir Farooqi, Maulana Ghazi Abdul Rashid, Maulana Shamsul Haq Awan, Mian Naqshbandi, Mian Muhammad Aslam and Bashir Chishti.
Around 3,000 ADC activists took part in the demonstration. They were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against US and President Musharraf. They also burnt effigies of US President George W. Bush and President Musharraf on the occasion.
The JUI secretary-general, talking to the protesters, claimed that the government had decided to handover Albadin base to the US forces for launching attacks on Afghanistan.
The base is very close to the nuclear installations in Chaghi, and giving it under US control is like handing over our key installations to America, Mr Ahmed said.
He said the patriotic forces of the country would not allow the government to make a deal on the country’s nuclear programme.
He alleged that the recent visit of US Secretary of State Collin Powell was a conspiracy to crush Kashmir freedom movement, as on the same day India violated line of control and killed several innocent citizens.
The JUI leader refuted the US forces’s claims of having achieved supremacy over the Afghanistan airspace. He asked if the if the claims were correct, then why the US had still not sent its ground troops to the area?
He said Taliban Supreme Commander Mullah Omar’s statements issued so far, had proved that Taliban were strong enough to avert any ground attack by US-led forces.
“The economy of any country is a yardstick to assess its financial and diplomatic conditions. Since the September 11 attacks in the US, the value of US dollar has been declining and that of Afghan currency is going up”, he added.
Other ADC leaders, speaking on the occasion, urged the people to leave their homes for Jehad. They claimed that the US was destined to dismember and a real Islamic government would appear all over the world.
OUR REPORTER FROM PINDI ADDS: Different religious groups on Friday held four rallies to protest against the US-led bombing on Afghanistan, eye-witnesses and police said.
The rallies were brought out at Banni Chowk, Tench Bhatta, Dhoke Chaudhrian and Dhoke Ratta.
In Dhoke Ratta, participants of the rally were shown video films of the US bombing on Afghanistan. The protesters, shouting anti-US slogans, called for stopping the strikes against innocent civilians.
In a similar demonstration, staged by Ahl-i-Hadith at Banni Chowk, the speakers termed the war against Afghanistan a “master plan of American aggression”. They claimed that Pakistan, Syria, Iraq and Palestine would be the next targets.
They also condemned the government’s policy of supporting the US and its allies.
In Tench Bhatta, the rally was organized by Jamaat-i- Islami. Central Vice-President Shabab-i-Milli, Fiazul Hassan Chohan, and Jamiat-i-Ulma-i-Islam AJK leader Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Khan also spoke to the participants of the rally.
