Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- Central Secretary General of MWM (a Shia religious and political party in Pakistan), Allama Nasir Abbas Jafri said “What is government doing in the name of 'National Action Plan' to crack down on terrorism, has lost its importance and utility due to biasness of the government.”
"Shia target killing has once again becoming widespread in Sindh and Baluchistan. Negotiations with the banned organizations are like strengthening terrorist elements,” he added.
Allama Jafari also referred to the attempts of government for restricting the mourning of Imam Hussain (as) (Azadaari) in the name of NAP and added: Muslim League (N) is directly involved in paving the way for sectarianism in order to please banned organization by enforcing bans on mourning congregations and processions."
He further said: “We were the first ones to support the war against terrorism. Our stance was also clear on the NAP but arrests of Shia people, for no reason, has revealed the reality of this plan and government’s dishonesty. FIRs were registered against thousands of mourners in Punjab only for organizing mourning congregations. Despite the court orders, force was used to stop the historical procession in Islamabad that was sheer state terrorism. Such actions are unbearable and unacceptable. The government itself is becoming the reason for increasing its own difficulties.”
Muharram is the month of mourning for Imam Hussain (as) and we want to spend it purely as days of Ahl ul Bait (as); we do not want any conflict or collision but some extremist elements within the government deliberately want to create an atmosphere of sullenness. Governmental terrorism in name of NAP should be stopped, all FIRs* registered with regard to mourning processions should be cancelled and hindrances that have been created in mourning congregations and processions, in the name of law, should also be stopped,” Allama Jafari added.
It should be remembered that the NAP was implemented in the country with mutual consent of all political parties after the last year’s attack on APS Peshawar that killed more than 145 children.
* First Information Report, a written document prepared by the police in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Japan, after a crime is reported.
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