Govt, army urged to withdraw all facilities given to US

Religious and political leaders in the Defense of Pakistan Council (DPC) have demanded the rulers and the armed forces to withdraw all facilities to the US forces they are using to kill Muslim Afghan brothers, get all the bases like Shamsi airbase vacated and shoot down US drones flying in Pakistani airspace.
Addressing a consultative meeting of the platform at the Jamia Manzoorul Islamia here on Sunday, the DPC leaders warned the rulers that after facing defeat against ill-armed Afghans during a decade-long war, the US was desperately trying to deprive Pakistan of its nuclear assets and to install India as the regional superpower to cut down China’s global influence.
While briefing the media persons after the meeting, the leaders called upon all the religious and political parties to join the non-political, non-electoral platform of the DPC to counter US aggression against national security and unity. They announced holding a large public meeting, Defense of Pakistan Conference, on Dec 18 at Minar-e-Pakistan to chalk out a strategy on the issue.
Stressing that Pakistanis were a patriotic nation and every citizen was prepared to fight against the US forces, they warned the US of another Afghanistan-like defeat if it ventured to colonise Pakistan or attack it for ulterior motives.
The meeting was chaired by its chairman and chief of JUI-S Maulana Samiul Haq while prominent participants included Jamaatud Dawah (JD) ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, JD leader Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Pir Saifullah Khalid, Maulana Fazlur Raheem Naqshbandi, Jamia Ahle Hadith leaders Hafiz Abdul Ghaffar Rupari, Qari Hajif Jallundhari, Maulana Shamur Rehman, Qari Yakoob Sheikh, JI deputy ameer Dr Muhammad Kamal, JUI-S secretary general Maualan Abdul Rauf Farooqi, Mufti Hameeduallh Jan, Maulana Naeem Badshah, Maulana Abdul Hayee, Maulana Mahmoodur Rasheed, Allama Yunus Hasan, Hamidul Haq Haqqani, Maulana Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Wahab Rupari, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, Maulana Asim Makhdoom, Maulana Yusuf Ahrar, Maulana Muhammad Ramzan, Yahya Mujahid and others.
Samiul Haq said after dissolving the USSR and eliminating Saddam’s threat to Tel Aviv, the expansionists in Washington were trying to neutralize the only nuclear power of the Muslim world. He said Jihad against the Zionists controlling Washington’s policies had become an obligation for every Pakistani since they were now out to destroy it. He said mere vacation of Shamsi airbase and temporary cut off of the US supply line were not enough but all kind of cooperation with the US against the Afghans should be stopped permanently to appease the nation. He said shouldering the US war against Afghans had seriously damaged national unity and present and past rulers were responsible for the subversion and destruction it had caused in the country.
He emphasized that the DPC was a purely non-political platform and expressed hope that Dec 18 conference would prove that entire nation was standing by it.
Hafiz Saeed said the US was bent upon taking revenge of its shameful defeat from Pakistan by establishing Indian hegemony in south Asia. He demanded immediate severing of all kinds of cooperation with the US forces in its war on terror in Afghanistan which was a prerequisite to forge unity among the nation. He said the US could aid and instigate Delhi for attacking Pakistan on the pretext of Mumbai attacks or infiltration.
He said only the parties which had created Pakistan in the name of Islam could now defend it against the western aggression. He said US was about to make a humiliating retreat from the region and Pakistan must display courage to prevent it from shifting its lost war into its own territory.
Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki asked the Ulema and scholars to highlight in their sermons and meetings the US conspiracies and threats lurking against Pakistan’s security.
The DPC consultative meeting formed a five-member committee to contact religious elders and heads of religious seminaries, Ulema, teachers and students for obtaining their support for the cause of DPC and its upcoming public meeting in Lahore on Dec 18.
The committee is headed by Pir Saifullah Khalid and comprised Maulana Abdul Rauf Farooqi Qari Yakub Sheikh, Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muavia, and Amirul Azeem.