Scores of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activists staged a protest demonstration on Friday to press the government to reverse its decision of giving the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. They said such a step must not be taken until the settlement of the Kashmir dispute. The JI Islamabad Chapter organised the protest demonstration outside the National Press Club in response to the party chief Munawar Hassan’s call.
JI Islamabad Ameer and former MNA Mian Aslam said the MNF status to India meant to undermine the Kashmir cause.
He said that MFN status to India was an absolute negation of Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir and sacrifices of people of Kashmir. Aslam said Pakistan could face “far-reaching economic and political consequences by giving MFN status to its archrival”.
He said the government took the step unilaterally and without consulting the Pakistan Army and the parliament. JI leaders–Kashif Chaudhry, Malik Abdul Aziz and Khalid Farooq—also spoke on the occasion.
