Jamaat terms Hakeemullah a ‘martyr’
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MANSEHRA: Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has declared Hakeemullah Mehsud and his associates killed in the recent drone strike as martyrs and demanded of the federal government to end its strategic alliance with America.
“Those killed in the recent drone attack are martyrs as they were eliminated when they were in the process of dialogue for permanent peace in Pakistan. America is following its own agenda without paying heed to the national interests of our country and the drone strike to sabotage the dialogue between the government and Taliban is an eye opener for the so-called patriots,” said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa JI chief Prof Mohammad Ibrahim while speaking to media persons after attending the oath-taking ceremony of zonal and union heads of the party here on Sunday.
Prof Ibrahim said that as a coalition partner in the KP government his party would support whatever steps the government would take to restrict drone strikes in future.
He said that the JI had no vendetta with any western country and wanted relations with these countries on the basis of equality and mutual respect.
He said that the Pakistani rulers should come up with a clear program to challenge the hegemony of America in the region.
“Now people have started to realise that America is not sincere with Pakistan and it has been protecting its own interests in the region,” he said.
Earlier, the JI provincial amir administered oath to newly-elected zonal and union heads and asked them to work for the betterment of people and the country through their work.
He said that masses would support the JI for its pro-people policies. He added that politics should be for a noble cause and helping those in need.
District JI amir Younus Khattak and Tariq Sherazi also spoke on the occasion.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:28am
If a terrorist could become martyer then his victims were infidels including babies that he killed in cold blood killing. Shame on Pakistani politics.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:32am
JI showing its true colors ..... so sad that Pakhtun elected these people ......
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Nov 04, 2013 08:41am
Jamaat terms Hakeemullah (the cold blooded killer of thousands of Pakistanis) a
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Nov 04, 2013 08:34am
what about those who were killed by Hakim ullah's TTP under his command?
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Nov 04, 2013 08:42am
Just goes to show that education has nothing to do with extremism. This professor is also a Taliban at heart with the only difference that he would not send his own children to madrassas and become a suicide bomber. Instead, he will send his own children to western professional education. Only the children of the illiterate shall be used as suicide bombers, is part of the Taliban apologists agenda.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:43am
The murderer of 50,000 Pakistanis is a martyr? I never thought I would live to see a day when things would become so bad in Pakistan that someone (let alone an entire political party) could say this and not be treated as a traitor.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:59am
So go out kill a thousand people and when you get killed you are martyr.
900 chuhe khake billi haj ko chali
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Nov 04, 2013 08:53am
Here we go again, how can we get rid these barbaric terrorists who have killed thousands of innocent Pakistanis are declared martyr by the a so called religious party. Why not Jamaat should be banned too. Supporters of terrorist are even bigger terrorist. Don't know they support TTP or just too afraid from them.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:57am
Eaxctly when did this peace process begin? The last we heard from the Taliban, they had denied it. In fact that is how they justified the murder of the army General, that there was no ceasfire yet so it was ok to kill. And shame on JI for calling someone who has murdered hundreds of innocents a shaheed. Shame. Shame. shame. PTI should quit the coalition in protest.
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Nov 04, 2013 09:00am
He is terrorist....what has gone wrong with these Mullahas....he attacking Mosques, churches....oh.....
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Nov 04, 2013 09:13am
killers of innocent civilians are martyr excellent , doob maro
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Nov 04, 2013 09:18am
Are they mad? I wonder what will become of Pakistan if people like these or Imran khan gets into real power :(
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Nov 04, 2013 09:20am
Martyr? You must be joking. He was a mass murderer. By calling him a martyr, you have insulted thousands of innocent Pakistanis who were killed by this butcher. You have completely lost it. JI must decide if they are with us Pakistanis or against us.
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Nov 04, 2013 09:31am
Person who is responsible for killing army personnels, policemen, politicians and innocent civilians in thousands and deseroying schools and property is the biggest enemy of Pakistan and people of Pakistan. He and his assocaite Talibans have tarnished Pakistan and Islam immage.It was folly on the part of Government to expect sensible response from Talibans. In spite of offer of talk they continued killing.
Knowing fully that Americans are leaving Afghanistan by 2014 and the war is between Afghanistan government/USA and Afghanistan Talibsan there is no sense in destroying Pakistan. Jamat support for Taliban is out of fear and lack of political maturity.
Talibans demand is enforcement of their version of Shariat in Pakistan through their own government. Political parties in Pakistan should discuss in parliament their demand if majority of members agree with Talban demand then hand over Pakistan to Taliban peacefully without holding any meeting with them.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:09am
Wow. I think all the politicians including Imran Khan are supporting the dead terrorists because they don't want to be assassinated during their revenge spree. Or Pakistan has officially become a terrorist state. Either way it's not looking good.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:02am
Absolutely rubbish; If America is against Pakistan and killed so called peace loving Taliban "Killers of thousands of innocents"; now if Govt is showing that they tried their best to stop America for drone attack, and the leaders of Taliban know whta pakistan position is; then why not they come forward and say Sorry we were on the wrong side and killed thousands of pakistani in retaliation of drone attack, although it is very clear America is killing his enemies not pakistan; so proof Mr Taliban you are on pakistan side not on her enemies side.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:12am
And what about the the thousands beheaded and Exploded by the Hakeemula Mehsud?
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Nov 04, 2013 10:17am
How is the biggest terrorist who has been killing pakistani,s for years is a martyr??. It is high time for the Jamaat Islaami Mullahs to wake up and accept the reality. Denial is not the solution of the problem!
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Nov 04, 2013 10:13am
If Hakimullah and like our our hero, then God help us.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:14am
Has Jamaat gone mad?!
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Nov 04, 2013 10:19am
What to comment on this "Martyr" business. Honestly speaking, the word has lost its value as every criminal, terrorist, extortionist is being celebrated as a "SHAHEED" upon his death.
PAKISTAN HAS DEFINITELY BECOME A BANANA REPUBLIC NOW!
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Nov 04, 2013 10:24am
so will Allah consider this murderer a martyer or will send him to hell for killing innocent women and children?
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Nov 04, 2013 10:24am
Can't believe this.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:42am
A drone should be directed to Jamat's direction too. They are the creator of all these fanatics theology of Islam.
More power to US to do this huge favour to Pakistan.
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Nov 04, 2013 10:46am
America has a history of killing TTP people who is willing to talk with Islamabad. The reason is as simple as it is horrifying, USA and India has a hand in supporting TTP from Afghanistan.
As for Hakimullah Mehsud, he is anything but a martyr. A cold blooded killer of Pakistani men, women and children. He will not be missed, especially by those whose loved one died by his hand.
Jamat Islami should seriously think one thousand times before showing support for terrorists. Jamat has lost my remaining confidance in them.
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Nov 04, 2013 11:23am
What about the 50 thousand innocents civilians who died for no reason. Do they too deserve to be called martyrs?.
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Nov 04, 2013 12:06pm
I could not understand this version of Islam. Those who were killed as a result of terrorist attacks have been declared martyred in past. And now those killing those Muslims have also been declared martyred
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Nov 04, 2013 01:06pm
Ah, and what do the Jamaat high ups call those over 60,000 innocent civilians and Army/LEAs personnel killed under the supervision of this super-terrorist?
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Nov 04, 2013 01:08pm
Come on "who is directly resposible for the innocent people killed in suiside attacks as those innocent people were not controlling the drones". Is attack on innocent people wether muslims on non-muslims is permissible in Islam? So please don't make ammendments in Islam according to your wishes! and please use martyr word carefully. This all in nothing but Fitna!
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Nov 04, 2013 01:29pm
Jamaat need to define what a martyr is. This man had the blood of thousands of Pakistanis and Muslims on his hand. Does that qualify him to be a martyr?
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Nov 04, 2013 01:29pm
Though TTP is a ban terrorist organization and responsible for killing of thousands of innocent Pakistanis, patriotic soldiers, rangers and police. If their Head can be declared Martyr and rest are Ghazi by specific school of thought then Pakistan ka Allah he HafiZ. State must also ban allies of terrorist groups. But nothing will happen, No government can ban themselves...
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Nov 04, 2013 01:45pm
Seriously?? Will someone please describe to me the definition of a "Martyr" according to Islamic principles?
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Nov 04, 2013 02:17pm
Shame on Jamat e Islami they have no pain for the innocent people of Pakistan they are towing the agenda of foreign agencies as Hakim was the proven agent of RAW this is the reason why Pakistani people always rejected the JI. they never called martyr those people who lost their lives in terrorists attacks orchestrated by TTP
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Nov 04, 2013 03:07pm
@M. Aamir Nawaid:
I think according to JI the innocent people killed by the suicide bombing and remote controlled devises planned by these people are going to Hell and the killers of innocent people are going to heaven. This is the concepts of JI
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Nov 04, 2013 03:08pm
Killing your brothers and sisters is no martyrdom. Terrorizing neighborhood, bombing schools is no martyrdom
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Nov 04, 2013 03:49pm
Are these people saying that Jamaat-E-Islami is with the Talibans?. Can these people not be arrested for saying that?. TTP have killed 1000s of Pskistanis. Anyone saying that they are with TTP needs to tried for treason.
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Nov 04, 2013 05:20pm
If the government was serious about stopping terrorism they would ban the JI...they are real enemies of the state who think they are above the laws and constitution because of their so called religious beliefs...wake up...no one is above the law in Pakistan...these radicals are supporters of the killers who want to see the government fail,and be replaced by sharia...now we all know who the true enemy of Pakistan sovereignty is...
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Nov 04, 2013 05:46pm
Well frankly i don't know whether to laugh or cry!!!
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Nov 04, 2013 07:24pm
Those who want to know who is pro-Taliban, please read the book by Farhat Taj titled "Taliban and Anti-Taliban". The book is available at Amazon.com and a very good review of the book is on the internet and it is free.
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Nov 04, 2013 07:22pm
The term 'Shaheed or Martyrdom' has lost its dignity since we started labeling it with the names of Terrorists and power-hungry Politicians.
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Nov 04, 2013 08:47pm
@Amir:
No, but being killed by America is always martyrdom. Regardless of how many kids or innocents you have killed, or how many mosques you have bombed, or how many phyically fit people you have made handicapped. All of this will be forgiven because you were killed by America!
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Nov 04, 2013 08:49pm
What a shame.
If Pakistan army is serious they should first act against JI, as they are the one milking taliban.
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Nov 04, 2013 09:43pm
Jamaat-Islami declared Hakeemulla Mehsud a martyr but what about those hundreds of pakistanis who were mercilessly slaughtered by Mehsud?
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Nov 04, 2013 09:37pm
Jamaat-Islami declared Hakeemulla Mehsud a martyr but what about those hundreds of Pakistanis who were mercilessly slaughtered by Mehsud?
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Nov 04, 2013 11:22pm
Jamaat-i-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkwa declared worst terrorist of this century martyrs so all innocent people he killed were infidels even our faith not allow us to kill like this . Jamaat forget that he was responsible of kidnapping 250 Pakistani soldiers in south waziristan. The hostages were eventually released- reportedly in exchange for dozens of Taliban prisoners but only after Shia Soldiers in their number had been beheaded, not only this his unhumain acts are long.
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Nov 04, 2013 11:41pm
Imagine how those people feel who lost their loved ones to TTPs terrorism when these people call that monster a martyr. Its shameful for me as a Pakistani to see this. No wonder people think we think we are on the side of terrorists.
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Nov 05, 2013 12:22am
"Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has declared Hakeemullah Mehsud and his associates killed in the recent drone strike as martyrs"?
OH REALLY? What do you call those who have been brutally murdered by these TERRORISTS? What about them? I have no problem if the drones keep on killing subhuman garbage like these and avoid killing innocents.
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Nov 05, 2013 12:31am
@Khalid:
Indeed.
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Nov 05, 2013 12:28am
@Adnan:
They been mad from the get go.
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Nov 05, 2013 01:23am
I am not in favor of the drone strikes, but calling TTP leaders killed martyrs is very sad. The word martyrs has completely lost it's significant these days since every person killed in Pakistan is considered martyred....
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Nov 05, 2013 01:26am
How will the mother, father, brother, sister, wife, son, daughter and other relatives of suicide bombing victim will take this statement of JI !!! It is not fair. Somebody should file a case in Supreme Court for humiliating the terror victims. JI is insulting our country's respect.
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Nov 05, 2013 02:47am
I wonder whether the next thing that Nawaz Sharif government is going to do is to bestow Nishan-e-Haider on Hakeemulla. Really you never know as things are getting more and more abdurd in this land.
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Nov 05, 2013 04:53am
@Kabir:
Be aware people, JI was always rejected by people of Pakistan but now they have many many more seats through PTI, the good looking face of a rejected party.
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Nov 05, 2013 05:33am
Calm down people! This is a smart way of becoming bullet proof and bomb proof. JI politicians cannot afford armored vehicle.
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Nov 05, 2013 05:56am
@DJ:
lets then officially call the whole country land of martyrs then haanhh?
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Nov 05, 2013 11:12am
Drones are bad for business of some people. They are the ones crying about them. Sure stop the drones. But also do something about the killers of Pakistanis who are only slowed down by drones when no army, no police, no FC, no rangers do anything about them.
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Nov 05, 2013 12:43pm
Im not surprised that Jamat e Islami has termed Hakeemullah a martyr. Ofcourse don't agree with that. In my opinion those that get killed in killing taleban they are the real martyrs and these are the ones that demand respect it also includes the foreign troops particularly the american soldiers that lost their lives in order to save the local people from the wrath of talebans.
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Nov 05, 2013 02:45pm
This is bizarre behavior. A mass murderer is termed a martyr.
These corrupt, heinous, politicians, how are they able to look
at themselves in the mirror...how low have they sunk.
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Nov 05, 2013 05:38pm
Indeed he his a martyr.
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Nov 06, 2013 04:07am
JI, if he and his thugs were martyrs than what were they whom he had killed? Let your true face be shown to the public. JI has out lived its usefulness and should be disbanded. JI is also a problem in Bangladesh and the government is actually doing something about it. But here, utter nonsense after nonsense on behalf of the governments.
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Nov 06, 2013 08:45am
How can a elected political party consider someone hero and martyr if government of Pakistan has offered money for his head. JI should be charged with treason. Supreme court needs to look into this.
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Nov 06, 2013 02:44pm
It is now proved beyond any doubt that Jamat e Islami and JUI were and are against the creation and existence of Pakistan. The both parties opposed the creation of Pakistan at the time of partition and now the both parties are supporting the enemies of Pakistan who openly declared that they do not believe in the state of Pakistan in its constitution etc. Jamat e Islami and JUI should be declared proscribed organisations immediately as they are now openly declared known enemy of Pakistan Hakim Ullah Mehsud as their martyr.
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Nov 06, 2013 02:46pm
@Asad:
You have not right to hurt the feelings of millions of Pakistani who suffered with the hands of this known terrorists shame on you
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Nov 06, 2013 02:50pm
Supreme court should take immediate suo moto notice of statements issued by Munawar Hassan and Fazal ur Rehman and book them in the charge of high treason
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Nov 06, 2013 06:00pm
How can a terrorist who killed Muslims in Pakistan & blew up mosques in Pakistan and lived a posh luxurious life in a $120,000 house be called a martyr? He was a total disgrace to Islam. Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are ignorant of the essence of Islam or the meaning of term martyr. Fear Allah, you ignorant people!
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Nov 06, 2013 09:19pm
@Jamati:
As per newspapers in Bharat,Pak,TTPis spearheading movement for imposition of sharia in Pak.Since Pakistan is an Islamic state it is presumed that sharia and not common or continental law shall apply.If no sharia no Islamic state.Problem seems in priviledges of politicians in present scheme of things.They swear day in and day out in the name of Islam but dont want sharia.Hypocrisy lies herein.Taliban is joint venture of U.S. and Pak though not TTP.
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Nov 07, 2013 05:28am
@Shahid:
first laugh and the cry
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Nov 07, 2013 06:21am
Taliban are modern day barbarians and Hakimullah was the beast
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Nov 07, 2013 06:23am
Taliban are Modern day Barbarians and their leader the beast
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Nov 07, 2013 08:44pm
@Shah:
Your first two sentences defy logic. TTP is supported by India and the US and they killed Hakeemullah (along with his 2nd and 3rd in-command) with a drone attack????
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