14 February 2004	Saturday	22 Zilhaj 1424

LAHORE, Feb 13: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed on Friday called upon the nation to stop India's film delegations from coming to Lahore to celebrate Basant.

In a statement, he said vulgarity was being promoted in the name of Basant and Valentine's Day and Lahore had been made the focus of these activities to banish Islamic culture from this historic city.

The JI leader said ruling party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Husain and Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi were religious-minded leaders because of which he was demanding that they should not strike at the roots of Islamic culture.

He said the US was a rouge state because it did not consider itself bound by any rule or regulation.

Basant Train: Pakistan Railways has decided to run a 'Basant train' between Lahore and Rawalpindi on Saturday (today) to enable maximum number of people to participate in the Basant and spring festivals and witness the National Horse and Cattle Show.

The train will leave Rawalpindi at 3:30pm and reach Lahore at 8:30pm. - Reporter