Miscreants torch Jamaat-e-Islami office in Karachi

Unknown miscreants Saturday set ablaze in office of Jamaat-e-Islami in Nazimabad area of Karachi, the party leaders said.

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Muhammad Hussain Mehnati has condemned the incident and demanded of the caretaker Chief Minister Sindh and Election Commission to take notice of it.

Meanwhile Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has urged the Interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso to convene a meeting of all political parties and law-enforcing agencies to firm up strategy to hold elections timely and in a peaceful environment.

Referring to recent terrorist attacks on candidates of ANP and PML(N)‚ Syed Munawar Hasan feared that problems would increase if acts of violence continued in the remaining days upto elections.

He told Radio Pakistan that it is the responsibility of the interim government to take steps for improvement of the situation by taking political parties‚ law-enforcing agencies and the Election Commission. He said this is necessary to give confidence to masses otherwise they would get disappointed.

The JI Amir said no political party alone can face the threat of terrorism and should build consensus to tackle the challenge.

He said if the caretaker Prime Minister showed resolve then the situation can improve and the next Government should review the existing policies to improve image of the country.

Asked why JI has adopted anti-establishment posture when in the past it was pampered by intelligence agencies‚ Amir of the Jamaat said why no one is asking which party the ISI is supporting now.

To a question he said like PML(N) and PTI‚ JI too is going into elections alone but possibility of coalition could be explored if there is going to be hung parliament as most of the analysts predict.

He categorically rejected the impression that talks between JI and PML(N); and JI and PTI for seat adjustment could not succeed because Jamaat was demanding more than its due share. He said no such thing was discussed in the talks with the two parties.

About differences with JUI(F)‚ he said differences among political or religious parties are not permanent in nature.

He said there were differences with JUI(F) over restoration of MMA but Maulana Fazlur Rehman went ahead with the decision without taking Jamaat on board. He said Maulana believed that Jamaat can join later but we have conveyed to them that there is no such possibility.

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