October 06, 2008	Monday	Shawwal 06, 1429

HYDERABAD, Oct 15: Activists of the Fundamental Rights Commission of Pakistan, Shia Ulema Council and members of civil society burnt an American flag during a demonstration held outside the press club on Sunday in protest against the US foreign policy.

The chairman of the commission, Abdul Jabbar Rehmani, and other speakers said that Bush was trying to take its war into Iran and Pakistan to hide its defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They said that the US had violated the sovereignty of Pakistan through aerial bombardments despite the fact that Pakistan had always supported American policies.

They said that innocent people, including women and children, were being killed in tribal areas in flagrant violation of the charter of the UN.

Pakistan’s foreign policy based on unrealistic theories had pushed the country towards isolation, they said and cautioned that the government should not depend solely on the Friends of Pakistan group for help because the country would not get anything from this group.

They proposed advised the government to convene a conference of the heads of Muslim countries to seek their financial help. Later, provincial president of Shia Ulema Council, Allama Altaf Hussain Al-Hussaini led a collective prayer for the solidarity of Pakistan.