LAHORE, Oct 03: Countrywide "Sympathy Day" (Youme Eisar ) will be observed across the country on Oct 8 in order to express solidarity with the quake-hit people. This call is given by the MMA president and ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad in a press statement on Tuesday

Qazi Hussain Ahmad said billion of dollars poured in the national kitty form foreign countries besides inland donations for the relief and rehabilitation of quake-hit people. He said the nation and elected representative have not been informed as to where did the government spend this money.

He said the formation of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) was questioned in the very outset but military dictator did not trust any civil institution or elected forum to oversee the relief operations. General Pervez Musharraf arbitrarily appointed a serving army general head of the relief body which was answerable to none but his appointing authority. This made relief operation process shady from day one.

Lauding the role of JI al-khidmat wing under the supervision of former Nazim DCG Karachi Niamatullah Khan in providing relief and later on taking care of rehabilitation of the quake-hit people Qazi Hussain Ahmad said the Al-Khidmat sent 2014 truckload of relief goods comprising food items, 40,700 tarpaulin. Besides, 18 temporary schools were set up in tents soon after the relief work started.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad said the quake-affected people are still in need of resources to rehabilitate them on permanent basis. He appealed the nation to generously donate in the earthquake fund of Al-Khidmat on Oct 8 so that miseries of the suffering people are mitigated ahead of winter and every quake-hit people get shelter.

LAHORE, Oct 5: MMA president and JI Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that national security, solidarity and defense of geographical and ideological borders demand that all the sincere political parties of the country should step up the struggle to root out military dictatorship from the platform of Grand Alliance.
He was talking to news men at an Iftar dinner hosted in honor of workers and officials of JI secretariat at Mansoorah on Thursday. Large number of JI leaders and workers besides Christian employees at Mansoorah were also present on the occasion.

Qazi stressed the need for establishing a Grand Alliance in order to subject the consultation taking place among different opposition parties to some system. He said the Pakistan based leadership of PPP comprised of seasoned politicians and they enjoyed great respect among political quarters. But unfortunately, the decision making is solely made by Benazir Bhutto, he said, adding that it was the reason Makhdoom Amin Fahim has been unable to play any practical role in coordinating the opposition parties struggle against military dictatorship despite the fact that his views are more or less the same as that of other opposition parties.
 
Qazi said Washington would never succeed in making world peace through its so called New World Order, because it is aimed at enslaving the human beings through use of naked military force. Qazi warned that global peace could not be guaranteed without first establishing justice in the world. He emphasized that the heavenly system of Islam has all the capabilities to bring human beings into the system of God by breaking them away from the slavery of fellow human beings. He said a reflection of the equality based Islamic system is that both Muslim and Christian employees of JI were present at this Iftar.

Qazi said Gen Musharraf in his book has tried to ensure Washington that he was the only and the most acceptable person in Pakistan with respect to ideologies and culture. He said after Gen Musharraf disclosed in the book that he hunted the alleged Alqaeda men for Washington in return for money, the entire freedom and peace loving world has been cursing Islamabad for such a lust for money and materialism. Qazi urged upon Muslim world to stand by the Islamic system and instead of adopting defensive or apologetic position they should make an aggressive approach to present this religion of peace and justice as a practicable model before the world. And to achieve this goal it was necessary that the rulers playing slaves of Washington should be rid away immediately with the help of people. He urged upon all opposition parties to maintain complete unity and peace in their ranks.

LAHORE , Nov 09: The Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has condemned criminal silence of military regime towards the problems of Laborers who were rendered jobless due to privatization policy of the sitting government and also enslaved due to anti-laborer provisions of IRO-2002.

The party called for upholding merit in recruitment and giving interest-free loans to jobless educated youth so that their energies could be used in the task of nation-building. It also took strong exception to hike in extra-judicial detention by secret service sleuths and demanded immediate release of all detainees held without fulfilling the legal procedure.

These observations were made by central shoora of Jamaat-e-Islami in separate resolutions on Laborers' and youth problems in its important meeting which concluded the other day here at JI central secretariat Mansoorah. Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad presided over three days meeting, which inter alia empowered him to hold parleys with other opposition parties to finalise modalities of anti-government drive and long march to Islamabad.

The JI shoora resolution on laborers' problems deplored the plight of manual workers despite the fact they play pivotal role in the national development. "The capitalistic policies of the military rulers have literally enslaved laborers," it remarked adding thousand workers had been dismissed from jobs under the Removal from Service Ordinance 2000. Ruthless force is used to silence dissenting voices against this draconian legislation. Notwithstanding the Supreme Court decision about the privatization of Pakistan Steels, indiscriminate sale [privatization] of profitable state institutions is continued unabated.

Blasting removal of daily wages workers from PTCL, the resolution termed increase in working hours [of men and women] from eight to 12, under the finance bill, an unprecedented blow to the working lot whose right to form trade union is suppressed under the IRO-2002 in sheer violation of the constitutionally guarded basic rights.

In a separate resolution on youth affairs, the JI shoora expressed its concern over the exorbitant joblessness in the country. Nepotism and abuse of merit in government jobs is frustrating the jobless youth while on the other hand semi-government and government department are accommodating the ex-army personnels for job.

The JI shoora urged to uphold the merit in jobs and demanded to revoke discretionary and rules relaxing powers of Prime Minister and Provincial Ministers immediately. It demanded that jobless educated youth should be given interest-free loans of rupees 10, 5 and 2.5 lakh to Masters, Bachelors and intermediate pass youth respectively. It urged the government to construct stadiums in every city so that youth can engage themselves in healthy activities. The government should help end illegal possession and control of public parks by the Qabza groups and hand them over to various youth organizations.

A separate resolution also condemned extra-judicial arrests of the people by various secret service sleuths saying: "this trend has seriously compromised rule of law in the country. Every state department is bound to uphold this rule of law but in the back drop of so called war against terror innocent people are picked by sleuths from homes. Where about of such people are not known to the families and there is no FIR against them. The height of agony lies in the fact that no court of law is able to redress the grievances of scores of such families whose dear ones have been driven to unknown destinations." The JI shoora strong condemned such arrests and asked for immediate release of all the arrested.

LAHORE , Nov 14: Secretary Information Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Shahid Shamsi has expressed concern over the increasing criminal attacks on the life and property of senior journalists in major cities like Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

In a statement on Tuesday Shahid Shamsi termed the crimes against journalist community a well thought out plan to silence the free press. Mr. Shamsi took serious note of burglary in the house of Secretary General Karachi Press Club Najib Ahmad. A linguistic group, he said, active in the streets crime in port city has now turned its guns towards media men.

LAHORE , Nov 14: Jamaat-e-Islami naib ameer Hafiz Mohammad Idrees has expressed satisfaction over the passage of Hasba Bill by the NWFP assembly. He hoped the legislation will usher in an era of peace and transparent accountability in the province.

Addressing concluding session of five-day training workshop here at party central secretariat Mansoorah on Tuesday the JI leader deplored that rulers are amending the Hudoud laws to appease their foreign masters. The proposed legislation, he said, has nothing to do with protection of women's rights. "The select committee bill was rejected by government nominated Ulema committee."

Hafiz Idrees said the MMA call for resignation on the adoption of women protection bill by the National Assembly should not be taken mere rhetoric. It will lead to a peaceful mass movement which will sweep the rulers out from the corridors of power, he added. The Bush has tasted result of follies and now it is time to teach his front line ally a lesson. The JI leader urged the participants of workshop to remain fully alive from the western challenges.

LAHORE , Nov 15: Balochistan chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami has given a Black Day call on Thursday to condemn the killings of innocent people in Bajour and Dargai. This call coincides with President General Pervez Musharraf visit to Gawadar [Balochistan port city].

In a joint press statement Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Balochistan Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi and Secretary General Abdul Matin Akhunzada on Wednesday castigated Islamabad's indifferent attitude towards the plight of Baloch people and particularly of Gawadar area. The people are deprived of basic amenities like clean drinking water. Foreign fishermen are infringing upon the rights of local fishermen while uniformed rulers are busy in opening five stars hotels in the area.

The JI leaders held federal minister of ports and shipping responsible for the stuck up operations and erosion of heavy machine installed at Gawadar because he is least concerned about the development of Karachi and Gawadar ports and instead busy in playing role of land mafia by selling islands off the Karachi shores to make money.

LAHORE, Nov 18: The Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Secretary General Syed Munawar Hasan has stated that Alliance for the Restoration of De ARD has practically disintegrated after the PPP joined hands with Gen Musharraf to support his Bill against the Quran and Sunnah.

"Now those who signed Charter of Democracy to oust Gen Musharraf have themselves dissociated on their oath."

In a statement on Saturday Syed Munawar Hasan said MMA's decision to resign in next assembly session was so fearful for Gen Musharraf that he has started thinking about coward acts of postponing national assembly session for four months.

The JI leader said General Pervez Musharraf had drawn clear war fronts by challenging the Islamic forces in the country. He said military rulers were destroying the whole fiber of the country by accepting western dictation against Islam..

LAHORE , Nov 28: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal president and ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad has strongly dispelled an impression of discord in the ranks of MMA.

"Our upcoming meeting on Dec 6-7 at Islamabad will reinforce already prevailed unity amongst us on the issues of national importance. The government repressive measures and arrest can not frustrate our movement."

The MMA leader expressed these views while addressing provincial council (shoora) of Punjab and replying reporters' queries here on Tuesday. Qazi Hussain Ahmad pointed out that the United States has decided to secularize Pakistan and the PPPP and PML (Q) agreement on the passage of this controversial indicates that both the parties are leading Pakistan towards secular path endangering the ideological and geographical frontiers of Pakistan.

The ruling clique, he said, is furthering colonial designs of Washington and fear from the political Islam. Therefore, they are trying hard to impede our way. To a question, Qazi Hussain Ahmad clarified: "our resignations from the assembly not only express our displeasure about the bill rather we are against every wrong step taken by the government." He said the parliament has been reduced to the status of showpiece while the military rulers are making all important decisions outside the parliament.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad rejected the notion that free and fair elections could be held in the presence of General Pervez Musharraf. He has been publicly canvassing for King's party whose chief Chuadhry Shujaat Hussain was kept in dark about the amendment bill. As many as 47 PML (Q) MPs were absent when the government bulldozed controversial women protection bill. Our decision to quit the National Assembly is well thought out because we could not allow the lackeys of west to secularize a country which was created in the name of Islam.

After passage of the bill from parliament the government's initiative for dialogue about this piece of legislation awaiting president's assent thereon speaks of their panic behavior because they fully know that MMA will not rest back after quitting National Assembly. Punjab, he said, had been focal point of every mass movement. Punjab will play pivotal role in our upcoming movement, he concluded.

LAHORE , Dec 18: Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has termed the MQM charges of the JI's involvement in hooliganism acts in Karachi as baseless, unfounded and termed it an outcome of their self-serving media drive to cover up their failure in Sindh.

In a statement on Monday the JI leader said General Pervez Musharraf is playing Indian role as far as the Kashmir issue is concerned. He said the MQM is hurling baseless charges against Jamaat. Being the federal government allies in Islamabad and Sindh government they have access to intelligence agencies report, if the Muttahida has iota of proof about his party's involvement in the lawlessness activities in Karachi, they should present proof thereof in any court of law to bring the so called JI involvement. In order to cover up its failure in bringing the law and order under its control, Syed Munawar said, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal is resorting to blame game.

He held General Pervez Musharraf economic policies responsible the all out mess and poverty in the country. The State Bank report has taken serious note of failed economic policies of the army regime in Pakistan. According to transparency international report corruption in Pakistan has double during the Musharraf regime..

LAHORE, Dec 21: The PML (N) leader and former prime minister of Pakistan Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif telephoned to the MMA president and amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad from London on Thursday night; says the JI media office press release.

Both leaders discussed prevalent political situation in the country in their telephonic talk and underscored the need for a joint struggle to rid the country from military dictatorship. They agreed that MMA and ARD should launch joint struggle against the army rule in Pakistan.

They opined that massive mass drive is the only way out left to force the military rulers out from the corridors of power. They were of the view that no fair elections could be held in the presence of General Pervez Musharraf.

LAHORE, Jan 03: The MMA president and Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has condemned the rulers for enforcing western culture and ridiculing Islamic values in the country in the name of enlightened moderation. Entire media has been assigned to this task, he said while delivering Eid sermon at Mansoorah.

Qazi warned that those trying to change our Islamic culture and values are American agents. He said what Musharraf regime is trying under the garb of promoting liberalism is to revert Muslims back from their allegiance to Allah and His messenger and indulge them into life of lusts and luxuries. He criticized Gen Musharraf for imposing himself on the nation without public mandate and shamelessly calls himself frontline ally of Washington in its war against terror in which innocent civilians and madressah children were killed but Islamabad regime lacked the courage even to lodge any formal protest with Washington. Similarly, the violent police torture on family members protesting against the disappearance of their fathers bowed the heads of countrymen in shame.

Qazi said hanging Saddam Hussain on Eid day was a contemptuous humiliation on Muslim ummah, adding that it was a conspiracy to make Shias and Sunnis fight against each other and divide Iraq into three regions. He warned that Washington is implementing a conspiracy to subjugate Muslims by imposing western culture and ideology upon them through their puppet rulers, and are bent upon shedding Muslim blood for this goal.

LAHORE, Jan 05: President Jamiat Ittehadul Ulema and member National Assembly Maulana Abdul Malik has condemned the Punjab government decision to allow Basant despite the apex court clear cut order of its banning.

Delivering Jumma sermon at Jamia Mansoorah on Friday Maulana Abdul Malik said that the permission of Banast speaks of the rulers so called care and commitment to protect the lives of poor people. He said the decision is aimed at seeking the pleasure of General Pervez Musharraf who is desperate to show the West so called soft image of Pakistan through mix-marathon and killing Basnat just to prolong his rule.

Maulana Abdul Malik strongly condemned the passage of amendments in Hudoud laws saying it will open new avenues of sex-rated crimes in the country. He said the judicial murder of Saddam Hussain was not the outcome of his reported crimes against his own people rather he was hanged for declining to bow before the US president and accepting his dictates.

The JI leader called upon the masses to forge unity in their ranks and rally around the religious parties as they can only challenge the un-Islamic and unconstitutional rule of General Pervez Musharraf..

LAHORE, Jan 10: The MMA president and Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said mix-marathon is disgrace of women stature. Women can not get their rights by running semi-nude along the men lot on roads. The rebelliousness of woman leads to destruction of entire society.   

He made these observations while addressing the JI Youth Wing workers after casting his vote in a Public Referendum against Basant in front of Lahore Press Club on Wednesday. The referendum was organized under the banner of Shahab-e-Milli Pakistan.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad said our society is under the Western influence and General Pervez Musharraf is trying to appease his western masters by furthering his agenda of so called enlightened moderation in the country. He is promoting obscenity in the country.

The JI leader said hooliganism unleashed during Basant period leads to deaths of innocent people on the roads. The blood-soaked bodies and cut throats with razor-slit strings should not be order of the day in civilized society. If any such game would have led to large-scale deaths in a civilized society, the game would have got an immediately ban but proponents of the so called enlightened moderation in Pakistan are not paying heed to wailing families whose dear ones died because of Basant.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad lauded the Shahab-e-Milli for holding the public referendum on Basant. He urged them to engage the young people in constructive and healthy activities so that energies of youth could be streamlined.

LAHORE, Dec 29: The elections for new central Shoora of Jamaat-e- Islami for the next three year term 2007-2010 have been completed. Announcing the names of the 70-member Shoora, the chief election commissioner Sajjad Ahmad Niazi said the new apex policy-making body of the JI is comprised of 17 doctors, besides lawyers, engineers, educationists and Islamic scholars.

It may be added that Jamaat-e-Islami is the only political party of the country whose leadership from top to bottom is elected through secret ballots. The Shoora is the central policy making body of the party and to ensure representation of entire country the whole country is divided into 35 zones with respect to the number of JI members (Arkan). The JI Ameer, naib Umra, secretary general and provincial Umra are members of the shoora by virtue of their offices.

The Shoora is elected by JI members through secret ballot system. The list of new members of the Shoora released by Sajjad Ahmad Niazi for media includes the names elected members as follows:

Maulana Abdul Haq Baloch, Abdul Mateen Akhunzada, Dr. Merajul Huda Siddiqui, Mohammad Hussain Mehanti, Nasrullah Shajee, Syed Shahid Hashmi, Niamatullah Khan, Sheikh Mohammad Rafiq, Rashid Nasim, Hamidullah Khan, Kamal Ahmad Farouqi, Syed Mohammad Iqbal, Abdul Wahid Qureishi, Hafiz Lutfullah Bhutto, Dr. Mumtaz Ali Memon, Qamar Memon, Abdul Hafeez Bijarani, Sahibzada Haroon Rashid, Dr. Mohammad Iqbal Khalil, Maulana Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Uman Khan, Syed Bakhtiyar Maani, Dr. Atur Rehman, Haji Khaliqdad, Haji Fazl-e-Raziq, Maulana Asadullah, Maulana Ahmad Ghafoor Ghawas, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Dr. Tariq Sherazi, Mohammad Yonus Khattak, Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim, Mehboob Elahi, Sheikh Mohammad Ishaq, Nasir Iqbal Khan, Maulana Abdul Sattar, Dr. Mohammad Kamal, Dr. Hafiz-ur-Rehman, Raja Mohammad Zahir Khan, Mian Mohammad Aslam, Syed Mohammad Bilal, Dr. Syed Ehsanullah Shah, Sheikh Zahoor Ahmad, Chuadhry Saifullah Sahi, Hafiz Tahir Aslam, Imtiaz Ahmad Baryar, Bilal Qudrat Butt, Maulana Abdur Rehman Madni, Dr. Mobashir Ahmad Siddiqui, Javid Iqbal Cheema, Dr. Mohammad Anwar Malik, Sardar Zafar Hussain Khan, Rai Mohammad Akram Khan Kharal, Dr. Zahid Sattar, Rai Khuda Bahaksh Kalyar, Hafiz Salman Butt, Dr. Syed Mansoor Ali, Amirul Azeem, Prof. Uman Ghani, Mian Mohammad Ramadan, Dr. Liaqat Ali Kauser, Sheikh Azhar Mehmoud, Dr. Tahir Siraj, Haji Mohammad Tufail Wariachm Rao Zafar Iqbal, Sanaullah Sirani, Uman Farooq, Dr. Syed Wasim Akhtar, Dr. Anwarul Haq and Iftikhar Nadeem.

LAHORE, Jan 05: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal president and ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad has given a protest day call on Jan 10 to condemn the NA by-elections in Bajour.

In a statement on Friday Qazi Hussain Ahmad said that the Bajour's NA seat was vacated a couple of weeks ago after the JI MNA Haroon Rashid resigned in protest against the US bombing on a mosque and madrassa by the USA in which more than 80 people including minor kids were killed. The decision was widely welcomed by the people of area which irked the federal government. Later, Islamabad announced to hold by-elections on the seat.

The people of Bajour, Qazi Hussain Ahmad pointed out, are least concerned about the election process. They are infuriated by the Jan 10 election. It is therefore duty of the entire to side with them and hold protest demonstrations and peaceful rallies across the country against the government decision for holding by-elections in Bajour.

LAHORE , Nov 21:  The Egyptian government on Tuesday denied visa to the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president and ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad.

The MMA leader was invited by World Assembly of Muslim Youth (YAMY) as chief guest in a youth conference scheduled in Egyptian capital Cairo in the second week of November.

In a released by JI media office Qazi Ahmad condemned the Cairo decision and called it service to enemy aimed at disintegrating and dividing the Muslim Ummah. The colonial rulers introduced borders to distance Muslims from each other and now the visa restrictions are depriving the Muslims from its real force.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad pointed out that the European Union is heading towards United Europe. On the contrary, the body fabric of Muslim Ummah is exposed to disintegration due to policies of the Egyptian government.

It may be added that Egyptian President intends to enthrone his son after the Hosni Mubarak quits power in Egypt. Opposition parties and Muslim Brotherhood [MB] had strongly criticized Mubarak's decision to enthrone his son.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Mehdi Akif, head of MB could not travel to KSA due to travel ban placed on him by Egyptian authorities. Similarly, Cairo placed ban on the travel of daughters of famous Islamic reformer Hasanul Banna who were invited to a conference at Jordan.

LAHORE, Jan 19: President Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said the unconstitutional re-election of General Pervez Musharraf by the sitting the National Assembly is meant to ensure continuation of US agenda in Pakistan. The glory of Muslim Ummah could not be restored unless they get rid from the colonial stooges ruling them.

Delivering Jumma sermon at Jamia mosque Mansoorah on Friday Qazi Hussain Ahmad that American think tanks in their publicly available analysis have unfolded the nefarious plans of creating wedge in the ranks of Muslims.

He pointed out to a recent report by the US RAND Corporation which categorized Muslims as Secularist, Fundamentalist, Tradionalists and Modernists. The think-tank had recommended American government to support the modernists' school of thought because they can only help fulfill the US agenda in a Muslim country like Pakistan.

Qazi Hussain Ahmad warned the Muslims against the American "divide and rule policy" which has taken a new turn after Washington introduced sectarian hue in it. He said sectarian divide on the basis of Shia and Sunnis will be detrimental for the region and Pakistan would not be save from its fall out.

Meanwhile, JI naib ameer Hafiz Mohammad Idrees while delivering Jumma sermon at Jamia mosque Syed Maududi International Islamic Institute shed light on the life and achievements of second caliph of Islam Hazrat Omer and said major institutions of the present day modern state were introduced by him.