LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq says the unity of the religious forces is necessary to safeguard the Islamic identity of the country.

Speaking at an Ijtema of the Jamiat-i-Talaba Arabia at Mansoora on Sunday, he said the colonial powers and international establishment were conspiring to undo the Islamic identity of this country and unfortunately, the country’s rulers were also advancing the enemy agenda.

Mr Haq urged the religious leadership to forget their petty differences and unite on one platform. He said safeguarding the country’s identity was far more important at this stage than the personal and party considerations. If religious forces will not realise their real role at this juncture and stick to their minor differences, he said, the new generation of those loyal to the East India Company would not hesitate in playing with the country’s solidarity.

Mr Haq said the JIT investigations would reveal the corruption of the ruling family and it was honourable for the prime minister to resign at this stage.

KASHMIR: Muttahida Jehad Council chairman Syed Salahuddin has impressed upon the Pakistan government not to nullify the sacrifices of the Kashmiris for friendship with India.

Speaking at a news conference at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, Mr Salahuddin said the BJP government in New Delhi was a staunch and biased Hindu regime, whose sole agenda was to destabilise Pakistan. He said the Modi government was working on the agenda of “Akhand Bharat”.

Stating that the Kashmiris are fighting the war of the “completion of Pakistan”, the MJC said the third generation of the Kashmiris was now offering its blood for this country and they were being buried in the Pakistani flags. He said it was high time the rulers in Islamabad raised their voice against India’s terrorism at international forums.

He said the solution to the Kashmir issue was vital for peace and the progress of the region. India, he said, was deputing workers of RSS in Held Kashmir for the genocide of the Kashmiris.

The Mujahideen commander said the Modi’s manifesto was to make Azad Kashmir also a part of India and same plan had been announced by Indian Foreign Minister in the Indian parliament in response to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech. Besides, he said, India was also working on the plan to convert Pakistan into a desert by blocking its river water and it was already changing the course of the Pakistani rivers.

Published in Dawn, May 1st, 2017