KARACHI, Nov 2: Tehreek-i-Istiqlal has stated that Japan, being a peace-loving nation, should take initiative to call an international conference to consider ways and means how to eliminate international terrorism without going to war.

This was proposed by the Sindh TI chairman, Justice (Retd) Abdul Waheed Siddiqui.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday at the Press Club, Justice Siddiqui, flanked by Akhunzada Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Begum Safia Khairi, said that the United Nations has failed to deliver justice to the oppressed nations, particularly in the case of Muslims.

Recalling that although the Kashmir issue has been on its agenda for 52 years, Palestine for 54 years, Chechnya and Kosovo for the last many years, he said that the UN had still failed to make a move, while in the case of Iraq, as now in Afghanistan, the world body had been very prompt in taking action against them.

He said that terrorism cannot be eliminated through more terrorism and urged the government to pressure the US to stop bombing attacks on Afghanistan before Ramazan.

The TI leader demanded autonomy to the provinces according to the 1940 Resolution and implementation of water agreement of 1930, warning: “If the establishment and bureaucracy do not change their repressive attitude, the possibility of an emerging “Osama bin Laden” in Sindh cannot be ruled out.

He opposed the further influx of Afghan families into Sindh and stressed the need to set up their camps in Punjab.