Shah warns govt against aggravating situation on edu-curricula

By: Salman Alvi

RAWALPINDI, June 01: Secretary General of the Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Pakistan, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah Advocate while expressing concern over murder attempt on Saqlain Naqvi, leader of Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Sibbi, bomb blast on Al-Syed Coach terminal in Hyderabad, and untoward incidents in Northern Areas i.e. Gilgit on the issue of education curricula, demanded from the powers that be to strictly implement the Presidential Anti-Terrorism Ordinance for restoring real and durable peace so as to give rights of all schools of thought fulfilling the norms of justice and fair-play.

In a statement issued here from Central Secretariat of the Tehreek on Sunday, he said the whole world was on the target of terrorism at present and Pakistan has been the victim of oppression for the last three decades, institutions, mosques and Imambargahs have turned into places of murder. He said the TNFJ had presented Moosavi Peace Formula in the court of Chief Justice of Pakistan Sajjad Ali Shah to root out terrorism, and then Gen. Pervez Musharraf had issued Anti-Terrorism Ordinance before elections, putting restrictions on some groups and detaining some terrorists.

But after the elections, the present rulers utilized all their energies in consolidating their power while the opposition has put “wardi” (the uniform) and the LFO on top of its agenda as a result of which forces against religion and motherland have become active again. He said not a single day passes without an incident of dacoity, blast, murder and arson.

He said the present government should publicize the educational curricula before its enforcement. He said only that curricula would work in the motherland in which concern of all schools of thought is taken care of because Pakistan came into being on the basis of Two-Nation Theory. He said the government should not try to aggravate the situation on educational curricula in the sensitive areas of the country, as it would earn a bad name for her.

He said, in the light of present international situation when external pressure on us is increasing day by day, and we are being taken to the dialogue table, the rulers should exercise seriousness and give priority to country’s survival and solidarity over all other matters. He called upon the government to implement the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance strictly and fix the terrorist groups.

Strongly condemning the treatment meted out to opposition members of the Punjab Assembly during its recent session, he demanded from the government to tackle the national issues keeping to the norms of justice and fair-play.

The TNFJ Secretary General, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah Advocate expressed grief and sympathized with the bereaved families of the different incidents reported from all over the country. He made a fervent appeal to the people to exercise restraint and give priority to unity and brotherhood over all other matters so as to thwart the conspiracies of enemies of the religion and the motherland.

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