KARACHI, May 15: Opposing the possible restoration of Nato supply, Jamaat-i-Islami chief Munawar Hasan said on Tuesday that it would be aimed at helping enemies and amounted to committing political suicide and hinted at launching a campaign against the move.

The JI chief demanded that the government implement in letter and spirit the resolutions unanimously adopted by parliament.

The United States had threatened Pakistan by not inviting it to the Chicago summit, he said, but added that without Pakistan, neither peace could be established in Afghanistan nor would the summit be meaningful.

Extremism and terrorism were the outcome of the situation created by the US intervention, the JI chief said.

Speaking to the Karachi Bar Association in the Shuhada-i-Punjab Hall of the City Courts, Mr Hasan lauded the role of the legal fraternity in the movement for the restoration of the independent judiciary.

Criticising the government for granting a ‘Most favoured nation’ status to India, the JI chief said it had given India an access to Afghanistan under the cover of trade. He said India was planning to carry out its mission there at the behest of the Americans but would meet the same fate.

Expressing grave concerns over the non-implementation of Supreme Court verdicts, he came down hard on the prime minister for defying the orders of the judiciary and urged the legal fraternity, civil society and political parties to join hands to address the situation.

He also accused the rulers of reneging on promises made to the nation. He said some political parties had failed to play their due role in that regard.

Talking to Dawn, the JI chief said if the Nato supply line was restored, his party after consultation on the issue could launch a movement.

KBA president Mahmoodul Hasan said the rulers were warning people of a ‘third force’ intervention, but the judiciary would not validate any unconstitutional step.

He said the government was overlooking court orders and gearing up for a confrontation with the judiciary. He said that keeping in view the scenario, representatives of the legal fraternity had called a lawyers’ convention at Rawalpindi on May 19 to chalk out a future course of action.

KBA secretary general Khalid Mumtaz also spoke.