LAHORE, Apr 7: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has warned the leadership of the PPPP not to give an impression of themselves as 'an extension of PML-Q' since it would cause serious blow to the efforts towards brining about a national reconciliation.

Qazi was addressing party office bearers from FATA and other officials of tribal areas at a workshop here Monday, says a party spokesman through a press release.

Qazi expressed sorrow that series of recent statements by PPPP office bearers and ministers have supported the impression that only faces have changed at the top while PPPP has replaced PML-Q to continue the old system of Gen Musharraf's pro-American and anti-people policies. Qazi said if the situation was not changed then it would become extremely difficult for the APDM, lawyers community, civil society and media to stay quiet, since masses wanted change of system and policies instead of mere changing the faces and the parties.

Qazi warned that conspiracies were being hatched at the top to get rid of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhri in the name of constitutional amendments package. He cautioned the rulers against such a misadventure and advised them to refrain from playing with the national sentiments by removing Justice Iftikhar Chaudhri from the national scene. He criticized the delaying tactics being used in the way of restoration of supreme court judges.

He termed Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan as a 'real national asset' and national hero, emphasizing that rulers must release him immediately and restore his prestigious status and honor. Qazi said if judges were not restored, Gen Musharraf was made to continue and Pakistan Army continued to be a tool in American war against terror then a tough reaction from the nation would be witnessed by the rulers and they could not be able to save themselves from public wrath.

 
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