This in reference with a news report that talks about the deception of Jamat-ud-Dawah. It is told that children from different schools were brought to Lahore Press Club to hold a protest demonstration on the pretext of a school trip.
Permission slips were signed by parents and children between 10-15 years of age were brought to Lahore to participate in a protest demonstration against the recent attack by NATO forces on Pakistan Army posts on Afghan border.
In this protest demonstration, speakers vowed to convert Pakistan into a Taliban state and assured army of their full support. Such a deception extended by a banned religious outfit is highly condemnable. It is also the duty of parents to keep a close eye on the activities of their children and their schools. Tactics like this are part of the larger conspiracy of turning Pakistan into an extremist state as children of this age group are most vulnerable and can be easily brainwashed. Before anything, banned outfits shouldn’t be allowed to operate freely and to hold protest demos. Secondly, there should be legal action against those responsible for such deception.
ZULFIQAR HAIDER
Islamabad
