Tag: Ji

Thousands of Raymonds on the loose in Pakistan: JI

LAHORE - There are thousands of Raymond Davis roaming across the country and the army is killing its own people instead of getting rid of them, Jamaat e Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan said while addressing a grand Tribal Jirga at Mansoora on Sunday, he said the failure of the law enforcement agencies to arrest Raymond Davis's four accomplices and seize their armed vehicle clearly showed their utter helplessness and incompetence.
The Jirga, attended by around two thousand tribal

JI protests against Davis’ expected release

The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) observed a protest day on Friday against possible release of US national Raymond Davis on immense US pressure.
Rallies were held in the federal and provincial capitals, which were attended by JI leaders and other religious leaders. Addressing Friday prayer sermon at Mansoora, JI chief Munawar Hassan said that the rulers were US slaves and nothing good was expected from them. He made it clear that if rulers handed over Davis by compromising national honour

1,000 police protect JI, JuD rallies

LAHORE - Security forces remained on high alert during rallies organized by different political and religious parties on Kashmir day with the day passing by smoothly. Elite force personnel patrolled the rally's main routes with security beefed across the city to monitor suspicious movement.
The seven entry and exit pints of the city were closely monitored. Around 1000 security personnel were deputed on the main routes of the rallies arranged by the Jamat e Islami and banned

Every attempt to protect US national will be foiled: JI chief

LAHORE - Every attempt of the federal and Punjab government to protect the US national involved in killing three Pakistanis will be foiled, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hassan said on Saturday. He was talking to journalists after visiting the residences of three people killed by two US nationals a couple of days ago.
The JI chief said that if four people hiding at the US Consulate and the vehicle involved in killing Ibadur Rehman were not taken in custody within the next

JI to hold sit-in outside KP Assembly today

PESHAWAR - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan is holding a six-hour sit-in outside Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa Assembly's building today (Sunday) against government's inability to stop frequent drone strikes in tribal areas and increasing prices of essential goods.
JI Amir Syed Munawar Hassan, former Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Provincial President Professor Ibrahim Khan, senior leader Sirajul Haq and other central and provincial leaders will participate in the sit-in that will continue from 10am to

JI protests Pope’s demand for repeal of blasphemy law

LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest on Tuesday at the Multan Road against Pope Benedict XVI's demands to repeal the blasphemy laws and the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) finality law. JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch, who led the rally, termed the pontiff's demand as insane and a plot to threaten the Christian minority's security in the country and to plunge Pakistan into chaos and disorder. Baloch noted that the Pope's bias attitude did not allow him to see Zionists'

Dr Mirza’s tirade was ‘fixed’: JI

KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza's remarks against the MQM were like a "fixed cricket match" and therefore people should not expect any development to follow, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Munawar Hassan said on Thursday.
The JI leader was talking to the media after addressing a gathering in Akthar Colony. "PPP leaders Dr Mirza and Agha Siraj Durani have said similar things in the Sindh Assembly about the MQM's involvement in assassinations, but nothing has happened

JI leader’s father passes away

LAHORE: Mehboob Ahmed Khan, father of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Punjab chief Dr Waseem Akhtar, died on Friday and was buried at the Islampura graveyard. He was 72. JI chief Syed Munawar Hassan, former JI chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Secretary General Liaqat Baloch and other party leaders expressed deep grief over Mehboob's death and offered condolences with the bereaved family.

JI stages rally against land mafia

WAZIRABAD: Jamat-e-Islami Wazirabad took out a protesting rally consisting of thousands of people who voiced against the illegal occupation of 24 canal land situated at Daska Road Wazirabad.
The rally was lead by town Amir Khalid, Anwer, Rawal, Abdul-Wahed Alvi & others. The participates of the rally marched from Islamic centre. The participants of the rally raised slogans against patwari of the area and Wazirabad tehsildar.
They demanded the transfer of the said persons

Support for army, mujahideen resounds at JI sit-in

ISLAMABAD: Support for Pakistan Army and 'mujahideen' echoed as Jamaat-e-Islami workers responded to the slogans of their former Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad during the sit-in staged against price hike, corruption and non-recovery of missing people at the Parade Avenue on Sunday.
"Are you with Pak Army and mujahideen (fighting against foreign elements)?," shouted Qazi Hussain Ahmad followed by the affirmative voices raised by the participants of the sit-in. Qazi also sought government

JI demands govt stance against Qazi’s UK visa cancellation

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has called upon the federal government to protest against the cancellation of British visa to former Jamaat chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and other (Jamaat) leaders of the country.
In a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi, he said that Qazi Hussain Ahmed had to visit Britain on the invitation of the UK Islamic Mission to attend various events. The British High Commission in Islamabad had issued a