KARACHI, Dec 3: The policies of General Pervez Musharraf have pushed the country to the brink of devastation and Pakistan could only be saved by getting rid off the army rule.

This was sated at a public meeting addressed by Jamaat-i-Islami NWFP chapter President Sirajul Haq, MMA-MNA Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, MPA Nasrullah Shaji and others at old Sabzimandi.

Referring to Bajaur tragedy, Sirajul Haq said although the entire world was holding US responsible for bombing seminary and the mosque, our rulers were attributing it to Pakistan army which was a grave mistake.

He said Bajaur tragedy was the blackest chapter of Musharraf’s rule in which children were killed and accused of terrorism.

He advised General Musharraf to stop pursuing the US agenda otherwise his fate would not be different from that of Najeeb in Afghanistan.

Muhammad Hussain Mehanti said Musharraf proved that he had no faith by making amendments in the Hudood Ordinance.

Nasrullah Shaji said the MMA struggle would continue till removal of army from the corridors of power.

In a joint statement, MMA MPAs Hameedullah Khan, Yunus Barai and Nasrullah Shaji said the government and its flawed economic policies were responsible for poverty, soaring prices and unemployment and this was reaffirmed by the annual report of the State Bank of Pakistan 2005-06 which had exposed its all claims of economic stability, industrialisation and promotion of trade.

They said the bank had warned that if expenditures were not linked with revenue increase, the country could be trapped in serious economic crisis.

Meanwhile, Islami Jamiat Talibat Karachi Nazima Madiha Aziz has said the $100 million aid for educational reforms was aimed at disassociating students of Pakistan from their religion and ideology. She said students would not accept these so-called reforms.