SUKKUR, Sept 27: The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that evil powers have united against Islam and the US wants to occupy resources of the Muslim world.

Speaking at a large gathering at the Madressah Hammadia here on Sunday night, he said that the Western media had launched a smear campaign against Islam and the Muslims.

The Maulana, who is general secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, said that despite the opposition from the entire world, the US had attacked Afghanistan and Iraq and even today it was not able to produce evidence of terrorism against two countries.

On the contrary, he said, a US commission had come to the conclusion that there was no need of going to the wars even then the US president was insisting on the legality of the wars.

Maulana Fazl further said that the US forces had not been able to suppress the fury of the people of Afghanistan and Iraq, and predicted that US troops would be subjected to a shameful defeat.

The MMA leader warned that the entire world would become Afghanistan and Iraq for the US if it did not desist from the anti-Islam policy. He said that the rulers of Pakistan wanted to make the US happy but the MMA was not afraid of the super power.

Referring to the uniform of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Maulana said that the aim of wearing the uniform was to safeguard borders but the president did not want to shed uniform in order to remain in power.

Commenting over the US support to the president, he termed it a double standard of the US and said that on the one hand, it was at war in Afghanistan and Iraq in the name of democracy, and on the other, it was supporting a 'dictator' in Pakistan.

Speaking on the occasion, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said that President Musharraf was bound to shed his uniform according to the 17th amendment. He lauded the NWFP assembly for opposing the uniform and the Balochistan Assembly for not supporting it, and said that they had upheld the cause of democracy. Later, Maulana Fazlur Rehman performed Dastar Bandi of some Hiffaz-i-Quran and Ulema.

RECRUITMENT: The officer commanding, Pakistan Air Force Information and Selection Centre, Sukkur, has announced that registration for posts of Aero Tech, Aero Support, Sportsmen and Musicians, which started on Sept 20, will continue up to Sept 30 at the centre. An official press statement issued here on Friday said test of candidates for selection against the posts would be held on October 3.