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India-Pakistan
PU IJT supports extremists in Waziristan and Swat
2008-01-19
The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) said on Friday that it supported the extremists of Swat and Waziristan in their battle against the government.

The IJT expressed its support at a gathering arranged to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) at Punjab UniversityÂ’s Hostel No 7.
The IJT said Muslims in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya were being targeted because they were the true believers. It denounced the war on terror and the role of the Pakistan Army and government in killing Islamists and extremists.
The IJT said Muslims in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya were being targeted because they were the true believers. It denounced the war on terror and the role of the Pakistan Army and government in killing Islamists and extremists.

Calling the people killed by the government ‘Hussaini’, the IJT said the government had revived another Karbala through its atrocities. It praised the Islamists fighting against the government and supported. The IJT also sent an official statement of supporting the extremists to the media after the gathering dispersed.

Political activities are banned at Punjab University.
Political activities are banned at Punjab University. PU IJT nazim Atiqur Rehman told Daily Times that US president George W Bush was allegedly instructing the Pakistani government to kill innocent people in North Waziristan and Swat. He criticised the war on terror, saying President Pervez Musharraf was killing innocent Muslims in North Waziristan, Swat and various parts of the world. He said the government had killed innocent Muslims in the Lal Mosque incident. Sources said PU IJT workers arranged several similar gatherings at PU. They said anti-government and anti-Musharraf speeches were the norm at the gatherings.
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