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| India-Pakistan |
| Qazi, Hafiz Saeed decry govt policies |
| 2007-11-17 |
| Some religious leaders condemned the government in Friday sermons for launching a military operation in Swat and arresting lawyers, political and religious leaders. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad in Friday sermon at Jamia Masjid Mansoora said the government was pushing the nation to the brink of civil war by suspending basic human rights and imposing ban of freedom of expression. He said the government should allow peaceful protests if it wanted to avert civil war. Qazi demanded that the government restore the deposed chief justice and lift the state of emergency. He said the government should ensure that free and fair elections were conducted. He condemned the detention of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) female workers. The way PTI female activists have been treated reminded the Israeli police’s treatment of Palestinian women, he said. Jamattud Dawah chief Prof Hafiz Saeed in a Friday sermon at Masjid Al-Qadsia said, “Islamic Sharia is the only possible solution to the current political crisis faced by the country.” He said there could be no progress without ending the atmosphere of servitude. He also criticised the government for the treatment meted out to the judges, lawyers and politicians. He said judges were guardians of the Constitution, but they had been put under detention. “Freedom without giving sacrifices is not possible and many of us have now realised it,” he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |