ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Defence of Pakistan and Afghanistan Council (DPAC), a coalition of religious parties, threatened on Friday to launch a civil disobedience movement against the government from Nov 1, if the government did not withdraw its support to the United States.

A declaration read out at the DPAC’s “Jihad-i-Afghanistan Conference” held at Lal Masjid said “all roads and highways will be blocked to stop vehicular traffic, American goods will be boycotted and the government servants will be asked to tender resignation”.

The DPAC also held a rally which was attended by both factions of JUI, Jamaat-i-Islami, JUP, Tanzim-i-Islami, SSP and a number of smaller religious organizations besides Harkatul Mujahideen.

“The government has lost the support and confidence of the masses by allying itself with the United States in its war against a Muslim country,” said a resolution adopted at the Friday congregation. It also demanded of the President to resign.

The resolution condemned the ‘passive’ role of the United Nations in resolving the issues pertaining to Muslim world and called upon Pakistan to quit the world body.

The DPAC called for imparting training for preparation of Jihad against the enemies of Islam. It demanded immediate opening of borders for Afghans displaced by the US bombings.

Later, a joint communique endorsed and supported the announcement of Jihad and recruitment of Mujahideen for Afghanistan made by chief of Tehrik Nifaz-i-Mohammadi Maulana Sufi Mohammad.

It condemned police firing on peaceful demonstrators in Karachi, Jacobabad, Quetta and elsewhere and killing of innocent people.

The communique strongly condemned the government for handing over its air and military bases to the US to initiate attacks on Afghanistan.

Earlier, speaking at the DPAC rally, chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed termed the ongoing US-Taliban showdown as a clash between two civilisations.

He said that all the autocratic governments in the past were made to leave through movements and the present government would only take a few months to be toppled.

He called for the enforcement of the recommendations of Council of Islamic Ideology, which were unanimously agreed by all the sects.

Qazi Hussain claimed that 35 activists of Harkatul Mujahideen were killed in the US bombings on Kabul due to the information passed on by a Pakistani intelligence agency to the allied forces.

Prominent among others who spoke on the occasion included Maulana Nazir Farooqi (JUI), Qari Abdul Rashid, President Islamabad Defence Council, Qari Saeedur Rahman (JUI) Maulana Ataur Rahman Farooqi (SSP), Maulana Ilyas and Maulana Taj Mohammad.