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| Qazi wants U.S. out... |
| 2002-10-15 |
| Top Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed Monday asked US troops to leave Pakistan. Speaking at a news conference here after a stunning performance in the polls, Qazi said there was no need to give military bases or facilities to foreign forces for operations in a neighbouring country. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who is Amir Jamaat-e-Islami a leading partner in the six-party alliance Muthidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), said the MMA parliamentarians-elect would not take oath under PCO/LFO but the 1973 Constitution. Qazi thinks he's in charge now. He might be... He vowed to introduce true Islamic Shariah in the country. "All government policies, including defence and economic policies, must be routed through the Parliament, which should be the supreme legislative body as the MMA would not accept supremacy of any other institution or individual over and above the supremacy of the Parliament," he said. Qazi also talked about "flexibility" in the MMA attitude if the other side also shows positive response. He wants to be in charge of Parliament, and he wants Parliament to be in charge of Perv. If Perv comes around, maybe he won't be bumped off... He was addressing newsmen for the first time after the MMA emerged one of the major components in the National Assembly by winning 45 seats. He said: "We do not need foreign troops...we can defend ourselves .... and Pakistan should not join any arrangement through which our soil is used against a neighbouring country." "Certainly not a neighboring country that cuts people's heads off..." He said Islam is a religion that teaches peace and brotherhood. He said: "We are not here for any violence...we are not terrorists.... "... We just like them. A lot. A whole lot... "the west should not feel afraid of us....terrorism must be defined... "... so that it doesn't include anything we do... "if there is a unilateral action and the accuser is himself the judge and the executioner, this cannot be accepted," he said. "If that happened, we could end up being held accountable for our own actions, and we can't have that." Pakland is getting the kind of government it deserves. We can leave any time, as far as I'm concerned. When we come back, it won't be to help... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |