KARACHI, April 20: The central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Syed Munawwar Hasan, on Tuesday demanded that all matters pertaining to General Pervez Musharraf’s visit to India should be placed before the parliament and declared that any deviation from the UN resolutions on Kashmir issue would be unacceptable.
Addressing a news conference at the Idara-i-Noor-i-Haq, Mr Hasan claimed that three wars with India were not fought just for the resumption of any bus service or exchange of delegations.
He said any attempt to find a solution of the Kashmir issue by ignoring the Kashmiris and the UN resolutions would be unacceptable to the people of Pakistan. He said the MMA would start a countrywide campaign on the issue.
Mr Hasan also alleged that in Karachi, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was on one hand trying to manipulate the outcome of local bodies’ elections by resorting to what he termed as ‘fascist tactics’ while on the other hand their provincial governor was calling the shots, instead of the chief minister.
Mr Hasan said talks with India were being described as successful although there was no representation of Kashmiris while their fate was being decided.
Referring to the various options Gen Musharraf had spelt out for the settlement of the Kashmir issue, he said Gen Musharraf would not be allowed to fragment Kashmir in seven or any number of zones, and neither would a non-representative person be allowed to barter away the rights of Kashmiris.
He said if India was sincere in building confidence measures then it should withdraw its 700,000 troops from the occupied territory and stop maltreatment of innocent Kashmiris.
IJT MEETING: A hurriedly-called meeting of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) shura on Wednesday accused the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) and its student wing, the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization (APMSO), of kidnapping and killing its activist Farhan Asif. It demanded of the Sindh government to arrest the culprits within three days, adds PPI.
The meeting held with the IJT Karachi Nazim, Syed Tahir Akbar, in the chair condemned the brutal murder of its activist and said if the killers were not arrested, the government will be held responsible for any disturbance of law and order.
The IJT shura further demanded of the president, prime minister, corps commander, the IGP Sindh and the DIG Operations to order the arrests of APMSO activists Shahzada Imran, Azmat, Faraz Abdullah and the SHO North Karachi, Shafiq Papa, alleging them to be behind the assassination of their activist.
Farhan Asif was kidnapped along with his friend Usman from the Govt Jinnah Science College on Monday and later found in seriously injured condition at Valika Chowrangi, SITE.
After remaining in coma for 13 hours, Farhan succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at a local hospital.
The IJT Nazim, Tahir Akbar, alleged the MQM and its student wing for destroying peace at educational institutions in Karachi while accusing the police of patronizing them.
“The MQM and its student wing have transformed the Jinnah Polytechnic College into their party sector office and a torture cell, where they take their opponents after abduction and subject them to torture,” he further charged.
He said the SHO of the North Nazimabad police station, who claimed to be the comrade of the MQM, was patronizing the APMSO activists. The APMSO activists, he said display arms and attack the IJT workers at the Jinnah College.
On the other hand, he said the police refused to register FIR against the culprits.
The IJT nazim alleged that the APMSO injured as many as 15 of its activists in their fresh attacks.
The shura meeting warned the government to remain impartial and take action against the actual terrorists instead of arresting IJT workers. It also demanded the release of their colleagues.
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