LAHORE, Mar 29: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said the announcements made by the prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani are praiseworthy, but the nation is waiting for the detailed policies and implementations on them.

In his response to Prime Minister's first address to the national assembly after taking vote of confidence on Saturday, Qazi said the policies of the prime minister need to be expanded and implemented in every sphere of the government. He said the nation wants immediate restoration of sacked Supreme Court judges, reversal of cooperation in war on terror, release of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and recovery of missing persons. Qazi said PM should have made clear announcements in this regard and a resolution for the restoration of judges should have been passed. He warned that if government did not make progress towards those goals then the nation would consider it a result of the visit of Negroponte and Richard Boucher.

Qazi emphasized that new government should stop reiterating the American terms like terrorism and extremism, which are in fact an anti-Islamic propaganda, and amounts to toe Bush terrorism. He said continuation of such propaganda would make the people feel the American policies are still continued and peace will still be elusive in the country.

Qazi demanded withdrawal of army from tribal areas, Balochistan and Swat, and holding dialogues with those raising arms. Qazi also praised the abolition of FCR and said PM should have announced its alternative immediately since the people of tribal areas must not be left to live in vacuum. He also praised lifting of ban on labor and students unions, and demanded that labor unions in Railways and PIA should also have been restored. He said PM gave a ray of hope to Kashmiri people and the nation, but said solid measures needed to be made in this regard.
 
                                              ---------------------------------------------