[The News (Pak)] Former senior minister and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) provincial chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday said the government had launched military operations in Dir and Buner districts at the behest of the US and no political party was taken into confidence.Addressing a press conference after a meeting of JI Malakand Ameers here, he alleged the rulers were playing the role of agents of the US and the UK to get dollars. Former ministers Shah Raz Khan, Hussain Ahmed Kanju, former MNAs Fazal Subhan and Bakhtiar Maani were also present on the occasion.
"We had made it clear to the government during the All Parties Conference at the Frontier House recently that there was no need for a military operation in Malakand division but despite that, security forces were sent to Buner and Dir Lower districts. Federal and provincial governments are equally responsible for the worst law and order in the country, particularly in the Fata and the NWFP," the JI leader said.
The JI leader urged the Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi chief to accelerate efforts for restoration of peace in the area, pledging that the JI would extend full cooperation to the movement in this connection. The JI leader also demanded of the government to halt the military operation in the Malakand division and take steps for the rehabilitation of displaced people.'