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| Jirga calls for ceasefire restoration |
| 2014-05-03 |
| [The Nation (Pak)] A peace jirga on Thursday called upon the government, the military and the Taliban to extend ceasefire and take forward the grinding of the peace processor by removing all hurdles. The jirga of tribal elders and Ulema was arranged by Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's Nishtar Hall. In a declaration, the tribal leaders fully backed the ongoing grinding of the peace processor in the light of unanimous resolutions passed by the APC and the Parliament. It appreciated efforts of both government and Taliban's negotiating committees. The moot demanded constitutional, political, economic and educational reforms in Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata) and called upon the government to make legislation to enhance representation of trial areas in the parliament and the judiciary. On the occasion, TTP-named mediator Professor Ibrahim said dialogue is the only option to restore peace in the country. He said Taliban and army are main parties in the ongoing talks and both should sit on the table to resolve the issues. He said the army was a main party in the grinding of the peace processor and talks could not succeed unless it holds direct talks with the Taliban. He said that they appeal both Army and Taliban to silence their guns and resolve the issue through dialogue. He also urged the government to fully implement the Islamic clauses in the constitution. Ibrahim said that the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had termed the rustics as 'Shamsher-zan' of the country, and Pakistain has no need to keep army on the frontier in the presence of tribal people. Taliban peace committee head and chief of his own faction of Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...the political wing of the Pak Taliban... , Samiul Haq ...the Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time... , said that negotiation was the best and only option to bring peace, adding that killing one innocent human was like killing the entire humanity. He said that the huge gathering clearly shows that the rustics want sustainable peace. He appealed both the government and Taliban groups to show patience and end war as war is no solution. Sami said that the grinding of the peace processor cannot be made result oriented unless Army is allowed to directly talk to the Taliban leadership. He warned that his team would separate itself from the grinding of the peace processor if the government would not show its sincerity thorough concrete measures. He said they had offered their service just for the sake of the nation. JI ameer Sirajul Haq said tribal elders, political parties and even common people are unanimous to resolve the issue through talks instead of force. "The key to peace is with Islamabad, and the decade-old conflict can come to an end certainly if the government wanted so," he held. He said that success of dialogue is actually the success of Pakistain, and warned that failure of talks would be failure of the country. Bashing the US, as per the JI leaders tradition, he said, "Those having beards and turbans are not terrorists, rather the biggest terrorist is the United State of America." He added that the violators of the constitution were not in the tribal areas rather they were setting in the federal capital Islamabad. The rustics were being defamed, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |