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| India-Pakistan |
| 'Lal Masjid a plan to elongate army rule' |
| 2007-07-06 |
| PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) NWFP parliamentary leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour said on Thursday the government had plotted the Lal Masjid incident to justify the army’s further rule in the country. Bilour said the Lal Masjid’s was a fake and planned incident aimed to deceive the world that fundamentalists were in control of the Pakistani capital and that it was necessary for the army to stay in power to crush them. “General Musharraf should resign, an independent interim government be formed and fair and free elections be held,” demanded the ANP leader, while welcoming Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) leader Kamran Wahid who announced his joining the ANP at the Peshawar Press Club. He said some elements were doing a wrong interpretation of Islam by exploding bombs, destroying music centres, threatening barbers and writing letters to girls’ colleges. Bilour condemned the government for taking late action against the Lal Masjid clerics. “The fact is that the government gave the religious clerics an opportunity to stage the drama to deceive the world,” he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |