ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - November 02: Syed Shujaat Ali Bokhari, Additional Secretary General of Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Pakistan has said it was necessary to tackle the banned groups with an iron hand so as to control the menace of terrorism.

He stated this while addressing the office-bearers of Pursa Bari Imam Committee of TNFJ District Islamabad here on Wednesday. He said President Pervez Musharraf is the first Pakistani ruler who displayed courage in enforcing Anti-Terrorism Act and imposed a ban on the terrorist groups but unfortunately those banned groups were now working with new names rather are visible in public and private sector programmes while the graph of terrorism is going high because of an open hand given to them.

Bokhari expressed his concern that despite passage of five months to Bari Imam incident, none of the culprits was arrested. Neither probe commission was formed nor compensation paid to the bereaved families of martyrs and the injured. He said some unseen powers were sabotaging the Anti-Terrorism Act imposed by President Pervez Musharraf and he should take serious notice of it.

He said four dangerous terrorists were arrested last Monday before they could carry out any destruction. Terming it a great activity on the part of Rawalpindi Police, he said this performance provides food for thought to other provinces, particularly the Islamabad Administration. He questioned that it has been learnt that one of the arrested terrorist belongs to Islamabad while the Islamabad Administration was unaware of it and she did not even make any headway in the Bari Imam incident.

He said life and death rest with Allah, however, the government and her administration is under the obligation to provide protection to people and give exemplary punishment to terrorists. Rawalpindi has been saved from becoming a hub of bloodshed with the arrest of terrorists because Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi was participating in the procession of Shahadat of Hazrat Ali A-Murtaza (A.S.) and similarly Youm-ul-Quds procession is also organised by Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya and that clearly indicates that TNFJ was the target of terrorists.

Bokhari said whether it is Bari Imam incident or the fatal attempt of terrorism in Rawalpindi, we are kept on the target merely because we are practical preachers of Ittehad Bainul Muslimeen and always stress for action against the banned groups in the larger interest of the country.

He said terrorists and their patrons should keep in mind that the message of Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Hamid Moosavi for unity and mutual understanding would be kept on going at all cost and no one will be allowed to create any hurdle in the Sunni-Shia brotherhood. He demanded from the government to adopt fool-proof protective measures all around the country including Rawalpindi and no relaxation should be given to terrorists. He said the people should also recognise their friends and foes, remain fully alert and express practical hatred against the terrorist banned groups.