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| Jamaat threatens to halt NATO supplies if drone hits continue |
| 2009-04-20 |
| Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday warned to halt supplies to Afghanistan-based NATO (Northern Atlantic Alliance Treaty) in Pakistan if the US continues with drone attacks in the FATA. The warning was issued through a resolution passed by participants of a JI public meeting here. Ahead of the meeting, the participants took out a rally against drone strikes, military operation in FATA, the country's cooperation with the US in its war on terror. They also protested the arrest of JI, NWFP, deputy chief Sahibzada Haroonur Rasheed. Protests: JI, FATA, Deputy Secretary General Zarnoor Afridi said Rasheed's arrest was unlawful and implicated in a concocted case. He warned the government of protest across the NWFP and FATA if Rasheed was not freed. Afridi said drone attacks in the FATA were violation of the Geneva Convention and basic human rights of the Tribal Area inhabitants. He criticised the government for failing to protect public life and property in FATA. He urged nation to protest against the drone strikes in the country. He said halting NATO supplies inside Pakistan would help press the US for stopping drone attacks. JI, Bajaur, Amir Sardar Khan said it was shameful for the government that it had agreed to the killing of its people to please the US. He alleged security forces had demolished villages and killed innocent people in Bajaur and other agencies to protect the US interest in the region. He said drone strikes and military operation in Tribal Areas had compelled thousands of locals to migrate from troubled region. Sardar Khan accused the government of following US interests and not the national interests. He demanded that the government change its internal and foreign polices to safeguard Pakistan. JI, Khyber, Amir Shah Faisal Afridi said the JI's threat to halt NATO supplies was justified in view of growing drone hits in the FATA. |
| Posted by:Fred |