JI labels Pakistan Army ‘mercenary’

Labeling the Pakistan Army a mercenary for helping the US and killing its own people, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Tuesday announced staging a sit-in from the platform of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) at the Parade Avenue on February 20 to protest against the possible reopening of the NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan. Addressing a press conference along with other leaders of the council, JI leader Muhammad Aslam accused the Pakistan Army of helping the US in anti-Muslim activities in exchange of money. He was of the view that the DPC did not want the government to have a part in killing of the Muslims in Afghanistan.
He believed that the government was going to use the Parliamentary Committee on National Security for reopening the NATO supply line. He said the council would not let the government sign the “document of slavery”. He said restoration of NATO supplies would be tantamount to mocking national honour and sovereignty. He said the DPC’s agenda was clear that NATO supply should remain discontinued. Mian Aslam said the sit-in would continue until Maghrib prayers to make the government realise that the nation did not want reopening of NATO supplies through Pakistan. To a question, he said the council would also press the government for withdrawal of air facility to transport supplies to the NATO forces in Afghanistan.
He asked the government to get Pasni and Dalbandin airbases vacated from the US and scrap all the security related agreements with the country. The JI leader dubbed India a killer, aggressor and usurper and also criticised the government for declaring her the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status.