Ameer JI warns against new military operation

Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeemur Rahman on Sunday warned the government against starting a new military operation, saying it would push the country towards a blind war.

Rahman said that the establishment, rulers, and the bureaucracy should confess their failure and mend their ways.

The JI Chief pointed out the historical reasons for prevalence of terrorism in Pakistan, saying, “The country has always suffered the consequences of its love for the US.”

“The situation of peace in the country has worsened, and the country is passing through a paradox where nobody knows who stands with whom,” the JI chief remarked.
He said the country’s sensitive air bases, logistic support, and intelligence network were handed over to the US.

“General Musharraf had said that the country would get dollars in return for the war. They got the dollars, but nothing was given to the people,” he added.

He said that the JI would stage a sit-in in Islamabad on July 26 for which all-out arrangements have been made.