NATO troops withdrawal demanded

PESHAWAR—President Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and Ameer Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad has alleged the United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of spying in the pretext of relief operation in the earthquake affected areas of NWFP and Azad Kashmir and has demanded the immediate evacuation of these forces from Pakistan.
Presence of foreign troops in Pakistan is a security risk for the country that is why we cannot tolerate it at any cost, he said while addressing Congregation at Al-Markaz-e-Islami here on Friday.
He said that JI would soon fall the government by creating awareness among the nation about its anti-state policies to save the country.
He said that the proposals presented by the opposition to the government in connection with relief and rehabilitation operation was test case for the rulers saying if the government did not response to their proposals positively it would mean that the government was not sincere in the operation.
He expressed his disappointment over the ungenerous aid and donations provided by the rich western countries to the earthquake victims of Pakistan. However, he appreciated the more generous support and aid granted by developing Muslim countries despite of being backward and poor.
He said that the efforts and donations contributed by the nation in the relief operation were exemplary and unprecedented. He added that the revival and rehabilitation of quake affected areas was the utmost responsibility of the nation and hoped that it would meet the challenge. He asked the nation to pressurize rulers for transparent use of President Relief Fund (PRF).—INP