DPC to block NATO supply routes

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DPC ready for long march or sit-in to block NATO supply: Baloch

South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ May 14, 2012 ⋅
Lahore, (SANA): Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Liaqat Baloch has said that Steering Committee of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) has formulated proposals in order to block the NATO supply that will be presented in the DPC session to be held at Mansoora on May 19 for final decision.
Liaqat Baloch who is also Chairman of Steering Committee of DPC suggested that DPC might stage a long march or sit-in at all roots of the NATO supply and would leave no stone unturned to block the supply.
He expressed these views while talking to media persons after a meeting of Steering Committee of DPC held here at Mansoora on Monday.
He warned the rulers to refrain from taking any cowardice act of reopening of NATO supply line or the nation would go to any extent and the rulers would have to face the music.
Liaquat Baloch expressed his deep concern over the statement of the Foreign Minister in connection with restoration of NATO supply. “The meeting of Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiani, Afghan General Sher Muhammad Karimi and NATO forces leader General Allen has deepened the concerns of the nation for the security and integrity of the country,” he added.
He said that incumbent regime was illegal and unconstitutional as it had lost its moral right to rule. “It has no right to determine the destiny of the country,” he added.
To a query with regard to Balochistan chief minister’s statement to open the Gwadar Port for NATO supply, he said it was totally against nation’s aspirations. “Mr. Aslam Raeesani first restore law and order situation in the province,” he added.
He strongly condemned the killing of Maulana Muhammad Aslam Sheikhupuri, Maulana Syed Mohsin, Maulana Nasib Khan in Karachi and Ovais Aqeel, Punjab University student. He termed the killings a conspiracy to fuel the sectarian war in the country.
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DPC to block Nato supply routes

DPC to block Nato supply routes


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Tuesday, May 15, 2012


LAHORE: The Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC) Steering Committee has formulated proposals for blocking the Nato supply if it is reopened by the government, and final decision will be taken by the DPC session at Mansoora on May 19.

This was stated by Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch while talking to media after the meeting of Steering Committee of the DPC held at Mansoora on Monday. Liaqat Baloch, who is also Chairman of the Steering Committee, suggested that the DPC might launch a long march or sit-in at all routes of the NATO supply.

He warned rulers to refrain from taking any coward act of reopening of the NATO supply line or the nation would go to any extent and rulers would have to face the music. He condemned the statement of Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar about imminent restoration of NATO supply. “The meeting of Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiani, Afghan General Sher Muhammad Karimi and NATO forces leader General Allen has deepened the concern of the nation for the security and integrity of the country,” he added.

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Pakistani parties react to Islamabad’s plan to reopen NATO routes
Pakistani activists shout slogans during a rally against the reopening of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan in Peshawar. (File photo)
Tue May 15, 2012 1:24PM GMT

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Pakistan's top opposition parties have warned the government against reopening supply routes to the US-led military forces in Afghanistan, Press TV reports.


The mainstream political and religious parties in Pakistan vowed to hold massive public protests to resist the decision, which was suggested in comments earlier made by Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.

Khar said on Monday that Islamabad could not indefinitely continue the suspension of NATO supply routes to punish the United States.

The closure of border crossings with Afghanistan was prompted by the killing of 24 Pakistani army soldiers in an unauthorized US air attack on a tribal district bordering Afghanistan in November 2011.

"It was important to make a point… Pakistan has made a point and now we can move on," she told a news conference in Islamabad.

But Sadiqul Farooq, a spokesman for Pakistan’s largest political opposition party PML-N, said the reopening would amount to a violation of the country’s sovereignty and would be against the wishes of the public.

“We are against the decision…there is no doubt about it. We will oppose the move and staged massive public protests in and outside of the parliament,” he said.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s largest religious political party Jamat-e-Islami has criticized Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his cabinet for considering the measure, vowing to “create every possible hurdle against… their evil schemes.”

NATO supplies are suicidal for Pakistan’s nation because it contains weapons and equipment used for the bombardment of Pakistani soldiers and people, the party’s Secretary General Liaquat Baloch stated.

He also described NATO’s use of the Pakistani territory to send provisions as destabilizing to the country and accused the US of covert operations for raising unrest in Baluchistan Province.

Separately, JUI-F and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf vowed to oppose government's decision to restore NATO’s supply lines.

The remarks come amid the CIA’s continued assassination drone attacks on Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, Washington claims Taliban and al-Qaeda leaders are hiding.

The United States has also turned down Islamabad’s call for a formal apology for last November’s deadly attack on the Pakistani army outposts.

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