Jama’at-e-Islami will organise a rally from Nasir Bagh to Punjab Assembly on Sunday (today) to protest against military operation in Sawat, growing US intervention and drone attacks and to express solidarity with citizens of small provinces and tribal areas. JI Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan will lead the rally that will be participated by party leadership and workers. JI has finalised arrangements for making the rally a success. JI Punjab Ameer Liaquat Baloch made this announcement while addressing a Press conference here at Lahore Press Club on Saturday. Baloch said the NWFP, Sindh, Balochistan and tribal areas were targets of conspirators and the situation demands from the people of Punjab to raise voice. He said that operation in the past created gap between army and public and the recent one could prove disastrous for the federation. He demanded immediate end to the military operation and resolution of issues through dialogue. Referring to the situation in Balochistan, he said that the government was not taking measures for restoring the confidence of Baloch. He said that if the government let the situation go from bad to worse, it would be harmful for the federation. He demanded early recovery of missing persons and return of Dr Aafia Siddiqi. Terming May 12 as a black day in Pakistan history, Baloch said that the party responsible for Karachi carnage was now part of the govt. He said that the opposition parties decided in London APC that no alliance would be made with the MQM in future, but the PPP joined hands with the party in the name of national reconciliation.
Source www.nation.com.pk
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