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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...
(JI) chief Sirajul Haq
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
on Sunday evening said Islamabad's attitude towards smaller provinces was posing a threat to the stability of country rather than Balochi's, Pashtuns, Saraiki's and Sindhi's.
"Smaller provinces should not be ignored by Islamabad," he told flags-waving JI supporters at an anti-Israel rally in Quetta.
A large number of JI supporters turned out to participate in a Gazoo rally where they condemned Israeli atrocities against the Paleostinians.
Sirajul Haq reminded that an arrogant approach caused the Dhaka debacle and the disintegration of Pakistain, which still haunts Moslems of the subcontinent.
He said injudicious distribution of resources was one of the underlying reasons behind the gulf between Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and Islamabad.
"Balochistan is a resource-rich province, but its people are deprived of basic needs," he added.
The JI chief elaborated that there was no representation from Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
in the bureaucracy of Islamabad, which has developed a sense of deprivation among the people.
"I am visiting Balochistan after 22 years, people are still suffering here...nothing has changed," he said, further stating that the province was still in the stone age.
He urged exiled-Baloch leaders and armed Baloch groups be approached to pave the way for a political settlement of issues relating to the province. "It is their right to rule here," he added.
Siraj ul Haq also strongly condemned the killing of journalists in Balochistan and demanded an immediate arrest of culprits behind the incident.
"Balochistan has become Gazoo for journalists," he said, adding that newsmen were being targeted inside their offices.
Regarding Islamabad protests, he reiterated that the protesters demands were genuine and that both sides need to demonstrate political wisdom to end the crisis.