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Half of its population will be wiped off if India thrusts war: Jatoi |
2008-12-27 |
Federal minister for production Sardar Abdul Qayyum Jatoi said that if India thrusts war on Pakistan then half of Indian and 120 million of Pakistani population would be wiped off. Speaking at a press conference in Dharki, he said that every thing is used in war and we would not sit idle if India attacks our country. He said that India have to bear more loss in the war. Sardar Abdul Qayyum Jatoi said that both countries are high alert. We do not want war but if it thrusts then situation will become worse. |
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Attique urges religious parties to shun sectarianism | ||
2007-05-05 | ||
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Moulana Shahabuddin hoped the recent visit of Sardar Abdul Qayyum would yield positive results for the resolution of the Kashmir issue. He pledged his full support to Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, and said he fully supported the peace process between Pakistan and India, and believed that the Kashmir issue must be solved through negotiations. | ||
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Jihad`s peacenik |
2007-05-02 |
History is seldom as entwined around people as that of Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, former President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Khans life begin in a village in Poonch district of undivided India where a Hindu teacher would lure Muslim boys to improve their math scores by offering an apple to each of his pupils. At 23, he led a Muslim militia that broke his village and the rest of PoK away from India; his political career was spent in raising jihad forces and funds to foment militancy in Kashmir. Today, at 83, when Sardar Qayyum Khan comes to Delhi to wage jihad for peace in the sub-continent, he wants to be taken seriously. The British had divided us then, he recalls, but our tragedy continues today [so] when it comes to resolving our ghar ka jhagra, India and Pakistan are looking towards Western powers. For him, the genesis of Indo-Pak tensions lay in the tenuous and conflicting nature of Hinduism and Islam. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions of the world, while Islam in the sub-continent came from outside, and we had the British who exploited these differences to the hilt. Having taken a sudden u-turn against pursuing a violent and jihad-based fight for freedom for Kashmir, he managed to shock both Islamabad and embarrassed separatists in Kashmir. I felt the gun had overplayed its role in Kashmir and politicians should start talking, he says. On more recent happenings inside PoK, the Sardar says, There are no [armed training] camps in Azad Kashmir these had been dismantled long before 9/11, obviously under American pressure. The humanitarian issue today, he claims, is about the fate of hundreds of PoK youth who had apparently come to join jihad in Kashmir and were held up there. While Qayyum foresees Kashmir turning into a zone of peace with India and Pakistan opening their respective territories for communication, trade and cultural exchanges, he feels both countries continue to indulge in subversive activities through an unchecked media propaganda war. He says he adviced General Musharraf to stop Pakistan televisions anti-India propaganda. The PoK leader lashes out at Hurriyat leaders for their recalcitrant attitudes, but seeks a compassionate view for the jihadi groups based in Pakistan. The boys of the Lashkar-e-Toiba need to be understood and not isolated and targeted, he pleads. They are affiliated to a religious sect Ahlee Hadees which had fought against British rule in undivided India. His argues against the Western worlds and particularly Americas allegations that Pakistan is training jihadis. America needs to own up to its mistake of using jihad as a doctrine and Pakistan as a base camp for fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. What you see in Pakistan today is a slipover of that war. The 83-year-old leader is sceptical of political happenings inside Pakistan. I am so distant from Islamabad, he says about the speculative deal between Benazir Bhutto and General Musharraf, but insists: Whatever happens in Pakistan, the Indo-Pak peace dialogue should continue. |
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Qayyum contradicts Pak's claims about J&K terror camps | ||
2007-04-30 | ||
There were never any terrorist camps, there were camps of freedom fighters -- legitimate freedom fighters and some terrorist activity was attributed to them and those camps have been demolished. There were two kinds of camps, Qayyum continues, One was Pakistan based militant activity comprising of Pakistani people and the other was of indegenious Kashmiris. One must realise and know that a number of people were operating inside Kashmir -- they are still there and there is no mechanism to deal with them. ![]() Meanwhile, Pakistan based Jehadis have not taken the remarks kindly. United Jehad Council or the UJC -- the umbrella organisation of several militant outfits in J&K said, "It seems, he (Qayyum) apprehends that freedom of Kashmiris will bring an end to his family rule. Though Qayyum is terming armed resistance as an impediment in the so-called peace process, we need to remind him that he has the distinction of being the first mujahid and firing the first bullet, which enabled him to enjoy power for past 59 years. He further pointed that in the beginning Qayyum had formed an outfit Al-Jehad force and had accumulated huge amounts on the name of the outfit from Europe and Islamic countries. India stands vindicated Qayyum's remark has triggered quick reactions in foreign policy circles and political parties. Former diplomats and politicians claim Qayyums remark vindicates India's stand. Former Indian Envoy to Pakistan G Parthasarthy pointed that Qayyum's statement exposed Pakistan's hypocrisy. Indirectly, Pakistan has acknowledged that there were terror camps in the past. Moreover, it's clear that the infrastructure for Pakistan sponsored terrorism still exists, united Jehad council still exists, the LeT under the name of Jamaat-ul-Dawa still exists -- so, I think we should be prepared for certain level of terrorism. Terming it as a vindication of Indias stand, Former foreign secretary Shashank said, The PoK leadership had been so far denying the existence of any training camps, but for the first time we are finding that the divide between Pakistan government and PoK leadership is becoming sharp and clear and the PoK leadership has decided to go public. Former foreign secretary Lalith Man Singh on the other hand stressed that Qayumm's statement only confirmed what the world already knew. Pakistan has always been in a state of denial regarding this. I recall that in Washington we put it across to the Americans. We also indicated the number of camps, their locations and now that the peace process is on, there will be more and more confessions from the Pakistan. Defence Analyst Brahma Cheelany maintained that Pakistan had perfected the art of not telling the truth The BJP too reacted to the story by claiming that the Indian government and the NDA has raised this issue time and again and Qayyum's revelations only go to substantiate the claims. If the terrorism is continuing then peace talks have no meaning, lashed out a visibly angry V K Malhotra, a senior BJP leader. | ||
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'Safe passage' for Kashmir militants being considered: Sardar Qayyum |
2007-04-29 |
Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has claimed here that the governments of India and Pakistan are considering granting safe passage to foreign militants active in Indian-held Kashmir. The proposal has been discussed for sometime now and I hope an agreement comes through as soon as possible, he said while delivering a lecture at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a think-tank. Earlier, speaking to the media, Khan appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to grant general amnesty to all militants and withdraw all cases against them. Khan said youths from several countries were lured by militant groups to join their ranks and were now holed up in Pakistan, AJK, or IHK. They want to return to their own countries, he said. Defending Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Khan said it had no political motives. They are generally misunderstood and have also stopped their activities in Pakistan, he said, adding that their cadres on the Indian side of Kashmir should be given safe passage to return to their homes. He said, President Pervez Musharraf has dismantled all camps in Pakistan as well as in AJK. He offered to take a team of Indian intellectuals and journalists to AJK to see the situation there for themselves. Khan rejected the view that AJK lacked constitutional powers and was way behind IHK in terms of development and progress. |
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Nuggets from the Urdu Press | |
2007-01-21 | |
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According to daily Khabrain, the minister for religious affairs Amir Liaqat Ali said that NWFP maulanas want to divide the nation. He said, the government of NWFP doesnt like to see Maulana Muneeb ur Rehman as chairman of Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee. He said that experts of astonomy were consulted during the reign of righteous Caliphs and all the provincial and zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees formed by NWFP government are illegal. He said Eid cant be celebrated following Saudi Arabia. He said all the sects are represented in central Ruet-e-Hilal committee while the zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committee of NWFP doesnt have ahle tashe or ahle hadith ulema. Jamaat members getting salaries from NA As reported in daily Khabrian, the leader of Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, and other 26 members of Jamaat Islami, havent informed the assembly secretariat about their decision of not taking their salaries. Only one member of Jamaat Islami. Mohammad Hussain Mehanti has informed the secretariat and the assembly secretary didnt transfer his salary into his account. The salary of Qazi Hussain Ahmad and one lac rupees of privileges have been transferred to Al Khidmat foundation. Other members who didnt inform the secretariat include Liaqat Baloch, Farid Ahmad Paracha, Hanif Aslam, Raheela Samia Qazi, Hafiz Suleman Butt, Abdul Akbar Chitrali and others. Man raped by two Kuwaiti women According to daily Nawa-i-Waqt, a higher court in Kuwait sentenced two women to seven years in prison for raping and beating a man. According to a newspaper, Alrai, the man, was beaten up and injected with drugs for potency. He presented his medical certificates that proved the sexual assault. Earlier the lower court awarded 15 years imprisonment to both the women. Fatwa to kill female staff of NGOs According to daily Jang, the chairperson of human rights commission Asma Jehangir, wrote a letter to interior minister Aftab Sher Pao in which she pointed to a fatwa issued by Mufti Khalid Shah of Dara Adam Khel to kill the women associated with NGOs and United Nation. International Red Cross and human rights organizations are termed as agents of Jews and West. Mufti Khalid asked the Muslim Umma to kill women worker of NGOs and called it a sacred duty of Muslim. He also urged Muslim to use heavy guns, destroy their houses, attack their cars and loot their homes. She also wrote that one maulana issued a fatwa in Hazara and warned all female NGO staff to leave the area. Asma Jehangir said these mullahs write their sect, name and address and paste their fatwa on the walls. NWFP government registered cases against them but is not taking any action against them. There were three women NGO workers killed during the year 2006. Revenge of a Cobra According to daily Express, a newly married couple died of snake bite. Hamad Butt and his wife Salma saw a couple of cobra snakes on the banks of Chenab. Hamad killed the female snake with a stone and the male snake ran away. After a while, when they were busy talking to each other, the same snake appeared before them and bit them. The couple died in a few hours. Our emotions are hurt again As reported in daily Express, The Cartoon Network has created a cartoon series with the character of the Prophet Moses to instigate the emotions of Muslims. The cartoon series that would destroy the religious thinking of children and would start from Sunday. The satanic plan by cartoon network has hurt the emotions of Muslims in Pakistan. People have started calling newspapers and said that cartoon of the prophet Moses are blasphemous. Some people asked the cable operators not to show cartoon network and asked the parents to watch the kids and not allow them to watch the channel. UN resolutions are useless! As reported in daily Express, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan who advocates Kashmir become a part of Pakistan, has said the United Nations resolutions have become redundant. He said Pakistan can leave the UN resolutions as a strategy when Bharat is stuck on Attot ang rhetoric and we are stuck with UN resolutions. He said we cant wait for another 50 years for a referendum for the right of self determination. He said the purpose of UN resolutions is to solve the Kashmir issue. Womens bill will destroy households As reported in daily Nawa-i-Waqt, a wife named Nasim hit her husband with a heavy stick and opened a wound in his head when he stopped her from going to bazaar. The injured husband, Razzaq, was brought to a hospital where he lamented that Womens Protection Bill is responsible for his wounds. He said now a lot of households would be destroyed because of this bill. Old habits die hard According to daily Khabrain, the provincial minister for religious affairs, Maulana Amanaullah Haqqani, has said the celebration of Eid on two days is an old issue and cant be solved in a few days. He said there is no example of Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee during the reign of the righteous Caliphs. If there was such a practice then they should inform us. Mother of three marries a Pakistani boy As reported in daily Express, the American lady Domana Mary Petit, who married a Pakistani boy Amir Khan after their love affair on the internet, was already married and had three children from her first husband. She said she has got a divorce from her first husband. She came to Pakistan and married Amir Khan with the consent of his parents. She submitted her marriage certificate and her statement in a civil court. | |
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Training camps closed before 9/11: Qayyum |
2006-08-17 |
There are no Pakistan-based training camps for militants, as alleged, having been wound up much before 9/11 by the then interior minister Moeenuddin Haider, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan told a news conference at the weekend. However, the struggle in Kashmir, he added, would continue until such time as there was no acceptable solution of the issue. He regretted terrorist attacks such as the one that occurred in Mumbai recently and said that those responsible were no friends of either India or Pakistan. He urged both governments not to let such incidents derail the peace process. If you let that happen, those who do not want peace and an amicable settlement of issues, win, he added. Sardar Qayyum said militancy in the Kashmir freedom movement had only crept in because there was an unwillingness on the part of India to move towards a political settlement. The moment there is progress on the political front, militancy will begin to die down. He said the Kashmiri people were not a herd of sheep which could be divided between this and that party. Any attempt to bypass the people would fail. He did not think there had been any change in Pakistans position on Kashmir. A change in tactics is sometimes necessary, he added, but that should not be taken to mean that the basic stand has changed. |
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Jihad in Kashmir is terrorism, says Sardar Qayyum | |
2005-09-25 | |
![]() The former AJK prime minister said that militants were maligning Islam in the name of jihad. âThe ongoing peace process between Pakistan and India could be derailed if these militants acquire weapons of mass destruction,â he said.
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Nuggets from the Urdu Press |
2005-07-16 |
![]() According to the daily Pakistan, 50 members of parliament in Pakistan submitted bogus degrees to meet the legal requirement of literacy before fighting the 2002 election. These degrees are advertised on the internet by fly-by-night universities in the West. After receiving fees in dollars these universities send all kinds of degrees to prove that the politicians are educated up to BA, which is the requirement. The Muslimâs only weapon Columnist Abdul Qadir Hassan wrote in the Jang that he could not make out why the clerics under the leadership of Mufti Munib had to issue a fatwa that Muslims cannot be suicide-bombers. He said Muslims had only one weapon and that was their lives now, against which all modern weapons of the West were useless. Why the rulers are âzalimâ Ex-ISI chief General (Retd) Javed Nasir wrote in the Nawa-e-Waqt that Allah had imposed zalim (cruel) rulers on the Muslims. He said that most of the Muslims had turned away from the teaching of the Quran, hadith and directions of the saints of Islam. The only road to success in earthly life was a return to Quran and hadith. The Muslims should do tauba (expiation) and return to religion. The great spiritual leader of Islam, Abdul Qadir Jilani, was actually a Hanbali saint whose actual writings should be read. America and âmixed marathonâ Writing in the Jang, Abdul Qadir Hassan wrote that a mixed marathon in Lahore was first disallowed by the Punjab government because its ruling family was not in favour of men and women running together on the roads of the city. But those who were leading the mixed marathon were stronger than the government because of their connection with the US. And America was interested in getting the American type of women (amiriki qamash ki) to run in front of the people of Lahore. A telephone call came from Islamabad and the Punjab government had to let the mixed marathon be staged. America was spending a lot of money on the NGOs (dalar pani ki tarha baha raha hai) and people who were once with the Soviet Union are now with America. We will stop the mixed marathon! Quoted in the daily Pakistan, Jamaat Islami youth organisation Shabab Milli said that it would stop the mixed marathon of Asma Jahangir, who was in fact an American agent. It said the youth of Jamaat Islami did not believe in section 144 imposed by the Punjab government. The youth of Shabab Milli will risk their lives (jaan hatheli par rakh kar) and prevent the marathon. Running not good for women! Speaking in a discussion at the Khabrain, clerics Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, Maulana Saifullah Saif and Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer said that there was no scope for a mixed marathon in Islam. Women could have entertainment but it had to be within the four walls of the home. They said that running was not good for women as that became problematic in child birth, which was their foremost duty. The army tried to kill Musharraf! Quoted in the Khabrain, state minister for religion Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain said that army personnel had tried to kill Musharraf twice and they could launch a third attack on him any time. Qazi Hussain Ahmad continued to say that he would oust Musharraf from the army. This meant that he had supporters inside the army. Musharraf himself had said that Pakistan was threatened internally. Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain was called to London by his leader and he might have to resign from his ministerial post. Newspapers cause heart attacks Sarerahe stated in the Nawa-e-Waqt that PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told an ailing Jamaat leader Farid Paracha that he should stop reading the newspapers as they caused heart attacks. Yet, the newspapers kept the politicians alive by publishing their statements. The statements in turn caused heart attacks. Mullah Umarâs man escapes According to the Nawa-e-Waqt, one Abdul Rehman Wazir who enabled Mullah Umar to escape on a motorbike in Qandahar in 2001, was about to be captured in Multan in the hideout of a banned jihadi organisation when he was alerted and escaped. His hideout was attacked by the authorities after his cell phone was traced. He had earlier escaped from Qandahar to North Waziristan to create new outfits with Al Qaedaâs Abu Harith and Abu Khalid. After the death of Abu Khalid and Abu Harith he fled to South Punjab but here too he was made to flee because of the information revealed by Al Qaedaâs Abu Faraj captured earlier. Abdul Rehman Wazir was close to Al Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden. High Court and jihad Writing in the daily Pakistan, Tanvir Qaiser Shahid stated that a Lahore lawyer MD Tahir had made a petition at the Lahore High Court that since the United States had desecrated the Quran, the honourable court should declare that jihad had now become compulsory for every Pakistani and that he should make ready under the obligation of jihad to attack the United States. On the other hand, the Muslim Conference leader of Azad Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan gave an interview to a weekly saying that jihad had become business and that jihad in Kashmir had harmed the Pakistani cause. Sardar Qayyum also said that jihad-advocating people like ex-ISI chief General (Retd) Hamid Gul were sheikh chilli (slaves of fantasy). Pakistanis most deported category According to the daily Pakistan, the most deported category in the world were Pakistanis at 42,000. Out of this number over 10,000 were deported from Arab states, while Europe and the US accounted for the rest. Pakistanis pleaded financial pressure and unemployment as reasons for trying to leave Pakistan illegally. |
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