US, India jihad calls in Pak House
By OUR PAKISTAN CORRESPONDENT
Thursday August 9, 01:04 AM
Islamabad, Aug. 8: There were calls by members of the National Assembly to wage jihad (holy war) against the United States and India.
"Our love affair with the United States should come to an end and we should have better relations with Iran, Russia and China. We should wage jihad against the United States and should resolve the Kashmir issue through jihad not through talks," parliamentary secretary for defence Syed Tanveer Hussain, said while taking part in the debate on foreign policy in the National Assembly on Tuesday night.
"The Kashmir issue cannot be resolved on table. Allowing free entry to jihadis in Kashmir would resolve the issue in one month," said Mr Hussain.
He said the CIA had orchestrated the slaying of Chinese nationals in Pakistan. "The aid that forces us to treat our own people brutally should be spewed out."
Mr Hussain also called for raising the slogan of jihad to take revenge from the US. He said the US and India had similar interests in Kashmir and a conspiracy was being hatched to make the region autonomous. The parliamentary secretary was of the view that the US wanted to take over Kashmir and Balochistan due to the importance of these areas.
Mr Hussain won the hearts of right-wing Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) members when he suggested that Quranic concepts should be followed while making the foreign policy. Meanwhile, the Pakistan government on Wednesday disassociated itself from remarks of a ruling party member in Parliament who sought recognition of Taliban, breaking of ties with the US and opening of "all corridors" for militants to wage "jihad" in Kashmir.
"These were individual views and do not represent the government policy," Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said in a statement to queries relating to parliamentary secretary on defence Maj. (Retd.) Syed Tanveer Hussain’s speech in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
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