Terming the Jihad Fund collection campaign of the Jamaat-e-Islami extortion, the members of the National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have appealed to the President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, and Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, to stop this extortion. The MNAs stated that the JI workers were also forcibly stopping vehicles and threatening the occupants to contribute to the Jihad Fund otherwise, "Jihad would also be launched against them".
| Yeah. That sounds pretty much like extortion... |
The legislators further said the JI chief specially came from the NFWP for the collection of money while the cities, towns, and UC Nazims were also threatening the citizens that they would be arrested if they did not contribute to the Fund. These Nazims, the MNAs alleged, were also threatening contractors with cancellation of contracts in case they did not comply. They said the Muttahida received complaints from citizens, traders and contractors about the extortion by the JI and the party was left with no other option but to appeal to the president and premeir to intervene and stop the JI campaign. |