Jamaat e Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has warned that if President Zardari gave any assurance to India regarding Kashmir or Hafiz Saeed, the nation would not be bound by that commitment.
He said the president had no authority to alter the country’s principled stance on Kashmir nor would the Pakistani people allow India a passage for Afghanistan. Addressing the central and provincial office-bearers of JI at Mansoora on Sunday, he said if according to the president’s spokesman it was a private visit, Zardari had no right to discuss national issues nor would the nation be bound by his decisions.
The JI Ameer said President Zardari was undermining national dignity and honour by giving most favored nation status to the country clamouring for Akhand Bhartat. He said if the president gave any signs of flexibility or cowardice during his visit, he would get a black- banner welcome on return to the country. Munawar said President Zardari was visiting India under US pressure and was expected to discuss most sensitive issues concerning national sovereignty and solidarity. Zardari had gone with a five point agenda that included declaring Held Kashmir an independent state and placing it under the UN control for the time being to be given a fully independent status later.
He said this would be totally against Pakistan’s Kashmir policy and the wishes of the Kashmiri people who had been struggling for independence. Zardari’s agenda, he said, also include giving India a role in restoring peace in Afghanistan and in other matters besides providing India a passage through Wagha and Tourkham borders and importing electricity and petrol from that country. All this could be in India’s interest but surely it was not in Pakistan’s interest, he added. Syed Munawar Hasan said Indian Premier Manmohan Singh was extremely perturbed over Hafiz Saeed’s issue whereas President Zardari instead of adopting a bold and clear stance had adopted an apologetic attitude proposing bilateral talks on that.
He said under the US patronage, India was hatching conspiracies against Pakistan’s solidarity and it wanted to crush the Kashmiris’ freedom movement securing a passage for Afghanistan.
