DPC threatens 'civil war' if Nato supplies restored

Addressing their rally in islamabad, minus the three leaders whose entry to the federal capital was banned, the DCC leaders pledged that they would go all out against the regime if Natos supplies were restored fully. JI chief Munawwar Hassan and Jamat-ud-Dawa (JD) naib ameer Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki were amongst a host of leaders who addressed the rally.Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamat chief Ahmed Ludhianwi and General Secretary Khadim Dhilhoon didnt attent as their entry to Islamabad was banned.Tens of thousands of activists from different parties attended Defence of Pakistan rally.The DCC leaders also announced holding All Parties Conference in Quetta on Feb 27 to express solidarity with the Baloch people.Several thousand activists of different parties poured onto the streets, chanting anti-America slogans at a rally whipped up by Defence of Pakistan Council.It was the latest show of support for Defence of Pakistan, a coalition of around 40 parties chaired by Maulana Sami-ul-Haq.Today, we have gathered here to raise a voice of protest against US intervention in Pakistan, chairman Maulana Sami ul-Haq said.Also present was member Hamid Gul, who headed Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence agency during the 1980s war against Soviet troops in Afghanistan.Our protest is against the possible resumption of NATO supplies, US and Indian occupation and to strengthen the countrys defence, Haq said.America wants to break Pakistan into pieces, he added in reference to a resolution sponsored by three US lawmakers calling for self-determination in Balochistan.The alliance, which uses Twitter and Facebook to promote its message, was set up after US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border in late November, which saw Pakistan shut its Afghan border to NATO supplies.The coalition has already attracted large turnouts at a series of rallies across the country that some see as a build up to contesting Pakistans next general election, which could be called within months.America can never be our friend, it is our biggest enemy. America will be defeated in Afghanistan and divided into pieces, Mian Aslam, a former lawmaker from the religious Jamaat-e-Islami party told the rally.Banners strung up in Islamabad denounced US drone strikes on Islamist militants, the governments decision to grant India most favoured nation status in a bid to ease trade, and re-opening the Afghan border to NATO convoys.Go America Go, No to NATO, Arrogant Americans - others are also human beings, and the chains of slavery will now break up, they read.The friend of the US is a traitor, the friend of (Pakistani President Asif Ali) Zardari is a traitor and the friend of (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai is traitor, shouted the crowd.The government banned three key members of the alliance from attending, including Hafiz Saeed, who heads Jamaatud Dawa.Organisers said they would not challenge the ban.We have installed 10,000 chairs for todays rally and expect a very successful show, Yahya Mujahid, a spokesman for JuD said.Hafiz Muhammad Saeed will not come to Islamabad to avoid confrontation with the government and will not attend the rally, Mujahid said.