LAHORE, Jan 12: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the real aim of continuous terrorism in Pakistan is to get the country declared a failed state so that its nuclear assets could be taken into control.

He said Gen Musharraf has actually admitted the failure of his entire policies by warning against US and Nato intrusion in Pakistani territories, and now he must step down instead of issuing mere statements to let the political parties make a collective strategy to counter this western threat against national security.

Qazi was talking to media and police officials on Saturday during a visit to the offices of SSP Lahore to condole the deaths of policemen killed in bomb blast on Thursday. JI information secretary Amirul Azim and Mian Maqsood were also accompanying him. Qazi met SSP Aftab Cheema and other officers and expressed condolence on the killing of policemen besides praying for the victims and their families.

Qazi alleged that Musharraf regime is concealing actual terrorists by trumpeting the tune of Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Qazi expressed sorrow that rulers had been afraid of naming the real enemies of the state and the forces behind the terrorism in the country. He asked how all the national and international intelligence agencies including FBI had failed in locating the terrorists despite roaming in the country freely for many years.

Qazi said in the wake of terrorists' strikes in Pakistan the statements of US presidential candidates and western leaders against Pakistani nuclear assets make it clear as to who were the real enemies of the country. He appealed to the politicians to stop leveling accusations against one another and forge unity by realizing the dangers to the existence of the country.

To a question, Qazi said the holding of Feb 18 elections is doubtful, adding that the electoral process was unconstitutional, controversial and unjustified, which could only promote chaos instead of forging stability. He said there was still time the political parties should boycott the elections and struggle collectively for bringing back the country on road to genuine democracy, restoration of independent judiciary, independent election commission and impartial caretaker government. Fresh elections should be held after that, he added.


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