Pakistan Views

Jaamat-i-Islami ameer and MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the nation does not acknowledge the Supreme Court created by an individual nor accept its decisions. The ruling alliance should not use the present Supreme Court for its objectives and instead make amendments in the constitution to bring it in its original shape and to eliminate the amendments forced into it by an individual. Qazi stressed that rulers should restore all judges including chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhri and avoid delaying the impeachment of Gen Musharraf. Qazi said Gen Musharraf had put the graduation condition to block the way of religious parties to the parliament and had always used it as a tool to put pressure on them. He said no such condition was there before 2002 and all previous assemblies had worked better than the graduate assembly, while the assembly which made the constitution of Pakistan was also not graduate. He asked the ruling alliance that it should use constitutional path for making whatever changes it wanted to bring into the system instead of taking support of the controversial Supreme Court. He said all parties had already agreed in the London APC that 17th amendment and LFO should be abolished to bring the constitution in its original shape.

Co-Chairman PPP Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday phoned Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed and discussed prevailing political situation in the country.According to a press release, Qazi congratulated him on formation of PPP-led government at the centre and expressed good wishes for the new government.He hoped that the newly established government would come upto the expectations of the nation.Qazi also welcomed the statement of Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in which they said that decisions on all national issues would be taken in the parliament.

Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) President Makhdoom Amin Fahim called off his meetings with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Jamaat Islami amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Sunday morning. Amin Fahim said he was scheduled to arrive today in Lahore to hold meetings with Mian Nawaz Sharif and Qazi Hussain Ahmed; however, he is canceling the programme owing to his party related schedule here in Islamabad. Meantime, the parliamentary parties of PPPP and PML-N are holding their meetings here in Islamabad. These sessions would mull over the significant affairs including future course of action.

Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman is not a part of the alliance now and pointed out that he was contesting elections from the platform of his party Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) of which he is the head.

Addressing Peshawar District Bar here Tuesday, Qazi made it clear that Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman is not a candidate of MMA, adding he is not the spokesman of the alliance.

He clarified that Fazal is only representing JUI.

He dubbed the forthcoming general elections in the country on February 18 as a farce and maintained that he did not see any light even after the election.

He expressed his determination to continue the movement for restoration of democracy even after the elections.

On this occasion he appealed to the people to take part in the movement and support his stand whole heartedly.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad reiterated his demand for restoration of all the sacked judges.

Dilating on the law and order situation in the NWFP and increasing incidents of suicide attacks, he said the silence of the Government on it is mysterious.

He held the view that US interest was behind the silence of the Government over the situation in the province.