Difa-e-Pakistan Council exhibits power-show in Karachi

Despite Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are ruling the city of Karachi, the Sunday’s power show hosted by Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) erased any signs of their presence over ground opposite to Mazaar-e-Quaid.

Leaders of religious and political parties under the banner of the DPC pledged that they would offer every sacrifice to preserve and uphold the sovereignty, territorial integrity and ideological boundaries of the country, opposing the restoration of NATO supply-line.

Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) – the rebirth of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) – overshadowed the landscape with flags, activist and escorts.

Familiar and predictable themes were uttered during the rally, opposing restoration of NATO supply routes, freeing the country from American despotism and urging anti-India policies.

Maulana Samiul Haque of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) stated that the council wanted to protect the country from the US aggression, which was being defeated in Afghanistan and wanted to take revenge on Pakistan by stirring up agitation in Balochistan.

In his view, the religious coalition will continue to second freedom fighters in Kashmir and will assist the people of Afghanistan against the allied forces.

Ameer JI Syed Munawwar Hassan while addressing the really said the biggest challenge was the US interference because the US had assumed that Pakistan was an easy prey.

In a bid to clarify the formation of the DPC, the JI leader observed, it was constituted to defend country’s territorial and ideological frontiers. He further stated that the council will help people get rid of corrupt rulers.

Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan asked the army chief why he was silent over drone attacks if the government was in its favour in order to get money from the US.

Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhyanvi of ASWJ said his ascendants had created Pakistan and now his people would save the country.

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed of Awami Muslim League (AML) asked people to rise against corruption of the rulers and make the country Tahrir Square. People should unite under the banner of the DPC to expel corrupt rulers and save the country, he added.

Former head of the ISI Gen (Retd) Hameed Gul complained to the Supreme Court that he and his son were remained imprisonment for independence of the judiciary. However, the apex court did nothing when US spy agent Raymond Davis was freed.

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed of Jamaatud Dawa while speaking the rally said the US wanted to revenge its defeat in Afghanistan and was exploiting the situation in Balochistan.

He believed India was using Kashmir against Pakistan as a tool and had blocked the flow of water to Pakistan, but the DPC would not allow it to do so.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Feb 13 2012. Filed under National, Pakistan, Politics, Society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.