KARACHI: Addressing Karachi Bar Association members on Tuesday, Jamaat-e Islami Ameer Syed Munawwar Hassan said that “being a friend of the United States was dangerous to friends of the US."

"Declaring India as Most Favoured Nation (MFN) was a planned strategy of foreign forces to allow direct access for India into Afghanistan.

"Restoring Nato supply routes from Pakistan would be tantamount to self-imposed genocide. In order to deal with the situation, the government should ensure that resolutions passed unanimously by the Parliament be implemented in letter and spirit,” said Munawwar Hassan.

He said emerging challenges called for an accord among political parties, civil society and lawyers.

"The role played by lawyers for restoration of the judiciary was absolutely laudable," he said.  Munawwar Hassan also said that the US was the major cause of problems in the country.