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| Army violating human rights in tribal areas, says JI leader |
| 2008-08-28 |
| Jamaat-e-Islami NWFP chief Sirajul Haq warned on Tuesday that the pro-US policies were creating problems for the country and foresaw a geographical change in case the policies were not changed immediately. Addressing a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club, the JI leader said that the Army had imposed a war on the tribal areas on the directives of the US. He said nearly 0.4 million people had migrated from the Bajaur Agency after a war-like situation was created in the region. These poor people are living in a miserable condition in camps, he said. He added that the Army was violating human rights in the tribal areas. Siraj challenged the claim of the NWFP chief minister and the adviser on interior, saying no foreigner was living in the Bajaur Agency. He called for an end to the military operation in Bajaur and other areas before Ramzan. ìWe would like to save the country and everything happening in the tribal areas is happening on the directives of the US,î he said, adding that the government was pursuing the policy of Musharraf and had even stepped further in this regard. The JI leader said when Pakistan was holding talks with India, then why it didnÃt start talks with the people in the tribal areas to resolve the issues and conflicts. He said only the US was the beneficiary of the present situation in the country. He added that in case those opposing the US policies were labelled as Taliban, then the majority of the people of the country were Taliban. He said the JI was ready to hold a grand Jirga of elders in the NWFP if the government was ready to implement the decisions of the Jirga. |
| Posted by:Fred |