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Released by Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi the Spokesman of the TNFJ; Translated by S M Naqvi

Wounds inflicted on Pakistani politics and the State could not be rectified to-date by the steps taken during the Ayub’s martial law - Hamid Moosavi

ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Patron-in-Chief of Supreme Shia Ulema Board and Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has said that wounds inflicted on Pakistani politics and the State could not be rectified to-date by the steps taken during the Ayub’s martial law rather the country was divided into two and the seed of provincial, Maslaki and lingual prejudices was sown and brought up by Zia’s martial law. The nation is still suffering the damaging effects of the Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah’s mandate stolen in the January 1965 presidential election. Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah had become a hurdle to defeat the dictatorial ambitions of the dictator by following the role of Shariktul Hussain Syeda Zainab Binte Ali (S.A.) that is why she was removed from their way. Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah had become the voice of the have-nots and the oppressed becoming the symbol of firmness in the political history of Pakistan. Although she is no more with us but her thoughts will remain a beacon of light for us forever. There is need to fulfill the rights of all Masalik, Makatib, provinces and nationalities following the spirit of Meesaq-e-Madina to achieve the goal of formation of Riyasat-e-Madina. These views were expressed by him while addressing the Majlis-e-Tarheem on the occasion of 52^nd death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah.

            Agha Moosavi said every dictator desires to consolidate his rule forever and uses every tactics for this purpose. In the martial law era when presidential elections were announced, the political and religious parties had realized that only Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s sister Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah can steer the nation out of trouble. He said when Madar-e-Millat became the presidential candidate, the whole Pakistan came out in the fray in her favour and the people from Khyber to Dhaka and Chittagong to Karachi warmly welcomed her who was guarding the mission of their Quaid. He said soon after coming to the field by Fatima Jinnah, the character of the Quaid-i-Azam became alive in front of the nation but the dictator changed the election results encroaching upon the people’s mandate but the Madar-e-Millat threatened the dictator in a manner that shattered the foundations of the tyranny and he could not maintain his era of rule for a longer period.

            The TNFJ chief said that the Islamiyan-e-Hind turned the dream of Allama Iqbal into reality in 1947 but unfortunately Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah breathed his last the Pakistan was overtaken first by Wadera Shahi and then by bureaucracy who utilized all their energies to achieve self-interest sabotaging the Two-Nation Theory. When Ayub Khan overturned the Sikandar Mirza government, Pakistan that was bleeding owing to Wadera Shahi and bureaucracy became hostage at the hands of martial law system the policies of which started promoting the sense of deprivation in East Pakistan along with different Masalik and Makatib. He said the tyranny would not have been imposed on us had the politicians followed in the footsteps of the Quaid-i-Azam. He said if the politicians are sincere for the development and stability of the motherland then they would have to give a practical shape to the sayings of the Quaid-i-Azam as in it lays the secret of strengthening the Nazria-e-Asaasi.

            The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi said that we have to tell the world through our practical steps that Pakistan is neither a lingual nor a grouping state rather is an Islamic Democratic State for which rights of every citizen will have to be fulfilled so as to fulfill the norms of justice and fair-play. There is need to turn the motherland into an Islamic Welfare State following the sayings of the Nabi Kareem (SAAW) and the thoughts conceived by the founders of Pakistan, he concluded.

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