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Syed
Mazhar Ali Shah, Advocate, Secretary General of the Tehreek
Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Pakistan has said that Pakistan came into
being through the joint sacrifices and struggle of all schools
of thought. Therefore, there is need to give rights to them all
on the basis of equality so as to make it an Islamic welfare
State fulfilling the norms of justice and fair-play. Therefore, the
country could become strong, stable and remained protected from
all types of internal and external differences and international
conspiracies. He stated this, while addressing a special function
held here at Tehreek headquarters on Wednesday, to remember the May 21, 1985
Junejo-Moosavi agreement for the solution of long-standing Shia
demands.
Syed Mazhar Ali said the creation of Tehreek Nafaz
Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Pakistan was aimed at making this fact clear; that Islam is the base of
Pakistan and it is the combined asset of us all. He said a
tyrant ruler not only acted contrary to the Nazria-e-Asaasi
(basic ideology), rather trampling the principles of Quaid-i-Azam,
sabotaged the Article 2 of the Constitution under which Islam
has been declared the official religion of the State and
utilised all his energies in fanning biases. As a result of
which, he said, Maktab-e-Tashayyo had to take over the Islamabad
Secretariat in 1980 leading towards
July 6, 1980 agreement to thwart this conspiracy.
He
said later in 1984, Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya Pakistan started
agitating from the platform of Hussaini Mahaz that
lasted for 8 months, during which 14,000 people were arrested turning jails into Aza-Khanas. As a result, Prime
Minister Junejo, who headed the civil government born after
prolonged martial law, signed a written agreement with TNFJ for
the solution to their problems.
He
said this agreement included:
enforcement of their own fiqh for Maktab-e-Tashayyo and the
introduction of separate Deenyat curricula in educational
institutions;
formation of a Shia Faculty in the Islamic University; effective
representation in Islamic Research Department;
effective ideological representation in all institutions
including high courts, media, and Islamic Council of Ideology;
and reconstruction of Jannatul Baqee and Jannatul Mualla and the
restoration of their dignity.
He
said the governments continued changing as a result of the
work done by the 16-member committee, who laid down
recommendations based on the agreement, but they were hampered.
Syed
Mazhar Ali said President Gen. Pervez Musharraf checked
terrorists and imposed restrictions on terrorism by introducing
Anti-Terrorism Ordinances to root out terrorism gifted by the Zia era, but Prime Minister Jamali, who
gives
priority to national interests, has made these terrorists sit on
his right and left. He said taking notice of activities done by these
groups, banned by the Interior Minister, is the right step, but it
should be done practically.
He
lamented that the present government was continuously ignoring
the Maktab-e-Tashayyo. He said the Prime Minister
visits every Tom and Jerry but he does not think it fit to even
reply to any letters sent to him from Tehreek Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya. He
said the two main schools of thought have continuously been
deprived of their rights for the last 55 years and now equal
education curricula is being propagated. He said
Maktab-e-Tashayyo is deprived of ideological representation in
every department, as the government prefers persons of its own
choice.
He
made it clear that only a person could be termed a
representative of any Maktab, who is nominated by the
representative organisation of that Maktab. He said we have
always given priority to the integrity of the country and the
nation but the government should not consider our silence as our
weakness.
The
TNFJ Secretary General strongly demanded from the government to
get the May 21, 1985
Junejo-Moosavi agreement implemented forthwith so as to remove
the unrest found within the ranks of Millat-e-Jafariya. He said
all and sundry should keep in mind that we keep Nazria-e-Asaasi
very dear to us and would not hesitate in offering any sacrifice
in its defence. He reiterated his resolve to continue their
struggle for achievement of rights of the Millat-e-Jafariya and
would not allow anyone to bargain on this count.
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