Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman has advised the government to remain firm on its decision of suspending NATO supplies, while warning that his party would oppose any unpopular decision made through the parliament.
Addressing the Sheikhul Hind Conference at the Convention Centre here on Saturday, Fazl said the government was keen to restore NATO supplies through the parliament, but that his party would not accept the move.
“We are with the government if it remains steadfast on the decision of stopping NATO supplies via Pakistan,” Fazl said. He said Pakistan’s nuclear assets were safe and faced no risks from the terrorists, but were actually under threat from the United States and other international powers.
Commenting on the situation in Afghanistan, he said the Taliban had suspended talks with the US due to Washington’s mistakes. He said the US had planned to control the resources of developing countries. He said the JUI-F “does not accept the US invasion of Afghanistan under the garb of war against terrorism, and considers it a war against Muslims”.
He said the UN General Assembly and Security Council, Geneva Convention and international human rights groups were serving the interests of major powers, and pressurised the weaker countries under the influence of hegemonic states.
He said the JUI-F and Darul Uloom Deoband were part and parcel, and that was why they were surviving despite “all the conspiracies by international powers”. He said that NATO was formed to counter communism and after the dismemberment of Soviet Union, it had been retained to fight religious extremism. About the role of intelligence agencies in politics, Fazl said that no party could prosper with their support.
The seminar was addressed by former federal minister Babar Awan, Attaur Rehman, Qari Mohammad Hanif Jalandhri, Mohammad Khan Sherani, Saeed Yusuf, MNA Abdul Malik, and several other religious leaders.
