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| June 3, 2002 | Monday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 21,1423 |
Govt urged to change foreign policy
FAISALABAD, June 2: Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan Central President Sahibzada Fazle Karim has urged the government to immediately change its foreign policy.
Talking to newsmen here on Sunday, the former Punjab minister said that the rulers have miserably failed to get the support even of Islamic countries over the Kashmir issue because of the ‘ill-conceived’ foreign policy.
“The big powers are not ready to hold the Indian government responsible for killing thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat and Ahmedabad.”
He said that because of the ‘incompetence’ of the policy-makers and an inexperienced foreign minister, the struggle of Kashmiri freedom fighters was being termed as terrorists campaign.
The government should immediately take all political leaders into confidence over Kashmir policy.
The former minister said that only an elected government could steer the country out of the internal and external crisis. The army should perform its duties on borders.
He said that Gen Pervez Musharraf should formulate new foreign policy after consulting heads of neighbouring Islamic countries and national leaders.
RAID CRITICIZED: The managements of over a dozen deeni madaris in the city have strongly criticized the raid on a religious institution by the Peshawar police.
Speaking at an emergent meeting here on Sunday, Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi, Mian Naeemur Rahman, Maulana Yousaf Anwar and others said that Western forces were trying hard to disgrace Muslims all over the world.
They regretted that the rulers of Pakistan “are playing the role of middle-men in the conspiracy.”
They demanded that the government should take immediate action against the law enforces who raided a deeni madressah in Peshawar without any justification.
They also urged the rulers to stop mud-slinging campaign against religious leaders and deeni-madaris, otherwise a countrywide protest would be started against them.
SHOT DEAD: A villager was gunned down allegedly by his rivals in Chak No 26 JB, Nishatabad, on Sunday.
Police said that Ali Muhammad was sleeping in the courtyard of his house when masked men opened fire on him. He died on way to a hospital.
Area police have registered a case against some unidentified persons and started investigation.
Family alleged that their rivals were involved in the murder of Ali Muhammad.
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