| 35,000? That's less than a million, right? (Where's my calculator?) |
 The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has called President Pervez Musharraf a security threat to Pakistan and has alleged that the government has decided to hand over Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan to the US.
Speaking at a "million man march" organised by the religious alliance at Tibet Centre on Sunday, MMA chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed said President Musharraf had compromised Pakistan's nuclear programme, which acted as a deterrent against foreign aggression, and had made the country's defence insecure. Qazi also blamed President Musharraf for misguiding the nation under the pretext of enlightened moderation, saying his (Musharraf's) term was aimed at presenting a brand of Islam acceptable to US and European governments. Earlier, before the US attacked Afghanistan, the president tricked the people by saying Pakistan came first and under the same pretext helped US forces attack a neighbouring country and occupy its territory.
| Otherwise we'd have attacked Pakistan, too. But Qazi doesn't believe that. |
He said Pakistan was made to promote Islamic values and to implement an Islamic system of governance, which meant not being dictated by foreign powers. He claimed that foreign powers had conspired against Islam and cited the government's decision to not include the religion column in the new passports, changing the blasphemy laws and handing over the country's education system to the Aga Khan Board. He also claimed that Pakistan's education system, especially its Islamic curriculum, would change once the Aga Khan Board took control of the education system. |