The internal strife that has been continuing for the past several months along the borders of Pakistan would pave the way for external forces to enter the country, Allama Abbas Kumaili has said. He feared that NATO forces had already reached the borders of Afghanistan and that the doors to external intervention within Pakistan as well had been flung wide open.
Kumaili was addressing a press conference organised Friday at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). He was flanked by Allama Irfan Abidi, Allama Jaffer Raza, Moulana Rajab Ali Bungash, and others.
He expressed grave concern over the border areas of Kurram Agency, especially Parachinar and Dera Ismail Khan, and said that certain forces wanted to create ethnic conflicts in the areas. This, he said, was being done by unleashing a reign of terror where thousands of people being massacred in order to instigate Shia-Sunni clashes.
The government, Kumaili said, had shut its eyes, intentionally or unintentionally, to the situation while the integrity of the country was at stake. He feared a 1971-like situation which, he said, was a planned conspiracy. Some forces, under a contrived move, were fanning sectarian hatred and Shia-Sunni differences were being manipulated in the country.
US imperialist forces, Kumaili said, wanted to interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan and were looking for excuses to invade it on the pretext of the “War on Terrorism” just as they had done in Iraq and Afghansitan.
Kumaili appreciated the measures taken by the elected government of Pakistan to form a Jirga and for trying to resolve the issues in Kurram Agency. Unfortunately, he said, the talks broke down and people from both sides were taken into custody, while pressure was mounted by the government to sign a draft document prepared by the establishment.
The News International
5/31/2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Two Kurram men killed in Afghanistan
PARACHINAR: Unknown gunmen on Friday shot dead two local tribesmen in Shar-i-Nau area of neighbouring Afghanistan`s Paktia province.
Sources said the two men identified as Syed Muhammad Ibrahim and Gulab Hussain were on way to their hometown Parachinar when armed assailants intercepted their vehicle in Shar-i-Nau area of Paktia.
They disembarked them from their vehicle and opened indiscriminate fire, eyewitness who later reached Parachinar told officials of the political administration, adding both of them died on the spot.
Saturday May 31, 2008 (1141 PST
PakTribune.comJirga demands opening of Thall-Parachinar road, release of jirga members
PARACHINAR, June 1 (APP): A representative jirga of Tori tribe here Sunday demanded the authorities concerned to release the detained members of local jirga and opening of main Thall_ Parachianar road in order to mitigate the suffering of tribesmen of Kurram Agency.
The demands to this effect was made during a grand tribal jirga of Tori tribes held here at Malana area of Kurram Agency. Tribal elders Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha, Sabir Hussain, Noor Hussain, Lal Hussain and other leaders of the jirga.
They said that tribesmen are peace loving, patriotic people and have rendered great sacrifices during Pakistan Movement and for stability of Pakistan.
May 31, 2008
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