LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Spokesman Yahya Mujahid on Thursday said that the party will send a legal notice to Federal Minister Khurram Dastgir’s over his ‘misleading’ comment pertaining to the ban on charity activities of the party.
Dastgir had said: “The actions against JuD were linked to ongoing Operation Raddul Fasaad and not taken due to mounting pressure from the US, and action is being taken that ‘terrorists cannot open fire on school children anymore’.”
In a bid to refute the claims of the defence minister, the JuD spokesperson said that the JuD was the first to support Operation Raddul Fasaad. He accused the minister of speaking the language of US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Efforts are being made to please external lords by taking condemnable propaganda against those forces that have actively played role in Pakistan’s defence, he claimed in a statement.
Yahya further said, “World knows who is behind the steps against JuD and Filah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF). Our rulers feel shame to mention the involvement of India in terrorist activities like Peshawar and terrorism of Kulbhushan Jadhav.
The JuD spokesperson accused the current government of being a security risk to the country. He said: “Those who played their ploy to malign Pakistan’s national security institutions through conspiracies such as Dawn Leaks have finally met their fate but still seem to have learnt no lessons. Now, when America is threatening openly and inciting India to take action against Pakistan, the Pakistani rulers are engaged in the sycophancy of India and America. Promoting external agenda, damnable plots are being made to destroy the environment of unity and solidarity in the country.”
He further said: “During APS Peshawar carnage, volunteers of JuD and FIF had been taking patients to hospitals and donated blood. We are running hundreds of schools in the country. UN and governmental institutes have admitted the countrywide relief activities of FIF. Whole nation condemned the government’s ban over relief activities of FIF to please India and America as well as false and baseless propaganda.”