Summary JI chief says the new government should evolve an independent foreign policy.
LAHORE (Online) - Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that the drone attacks were the outcome of US slavery and these won’t end through the passive, routine protest from the government.
It is time to evolve an independent foreign policy and to send a message to Washington that “enough is enough “ and that drone attacks would not be tolerated any more, he said while talking to newsmen at Mansoora on Thursday where the central Shoora of the JI went into session.
Terming the Wednesday’s a drone attack as the first salute to the incoming government, Syed Munawar Hasan stressed upon the new rulers to reject US dictation of “Do More”, by flatly saying “No More.”
The JI Ameer said that unfortunately, till now, the Pakistan governments had not been sure that we were an independent, sovereign country, adding “The day we show our real face to the US, there won’t be any more drone attacks.”
Asked about the elections, the JI Ameer said the elections results had shown the real strength of every party. However, he said, now was the time for concrete measures to solve the problems facing the nation and the country.
About a question about the JI policy on drones after joining the PTI in the KP government, Syed Munawar Hasan said that it was not within the domain of the provincial government to stop drone attacks. As such, the federal and the provincial governments could frame a policy through mutual cooperation.
To a question about PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif’s statements regarding load shedding, the JI Ameer said obviously, the statements prior to the polls and those after electoral victory were to be different.
However, he said, the new government must realize the agony load shedding had been causing to the people and the huge losses suffered by the country’s economy, industry and agriculture, and prepare plans to resolve the issue and provide relief to the people.
Syed Munawar Hasan told another questioner that the new rulers should not push the Kashmir issue to the back burner for improving ties with India. India, he said was involved in the massacre of the Kashmiri Muslims, its attitude towards this country was hostile, and it was also blocking our share of river waters. All these issues should not be ignored during the talks with India, he added.
Meanwhile, addressing the JI Shoora, Syed Munawar Hasaan said that the JI’s joining the PTI in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa would mean a new experience as well as a big challenge.
This was because the major issues of the province included the drone attacks, military operations, suicide attacks, and terrorism, whose solution lay in the hands of the central government. Therefore, the federal government and the armed forces should frame an independent policy in regard to the war on terror, he added.
