Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed reiterated on Tuesday that the alliance would not accept President Pervez Musharraf, whether in or without uniform. “We will not be deceived by the theory that President Musharraf will doff uniform after elections, as he has already betrayed the nation on the uniform issue,” said Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), during his visit to condole the death of Maulana Hassan Jan at Jamia Imdadul Uloom where he met the relatives and students of the deceased. “All options will be used from the APDM platform to prevent President Musharraf’s re-election from the present assemblies,” Qazi said, adding that the APDM component parties would resign from assemblies on the day the election commission accepted President Musharraf’s nomination papers for presidential elections.
He held the president responsible for the May 12 violence in Karachi , as well as for the recent killings of students and lawyers, adding that President Musharraf was equally involved with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the killings.
| The JI ameer described Maulana JanÂ’s killing as a conspiracy being hatched by the US against Muslims. |
Referring to Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, Qazi said the US wanted to divide Pakistan, and termed Jan’s killing as a continuation of the Lal Masjid operation. Qazi said US President George W Bush had told the Senate in a speech that “we will pitch one Muslim against the other”.
“Musharraf brought a bad name to Islam and Pakistan by killing innocent countrymen in the so-called war on terror,” he said and dispelled the impression that Muslims were involved in terrorism. “The US is the world’s top terrorist which has launched a crusade against the Muslim world,” he added.