LAHORE: Flag hoisting ceremonies marking the Independence Day were held at the JI headquarters Mansoora and JI offices at provincial, divisional and district levels on the instruction of the Ameer, JI, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq.
JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, hoisted the national flag atop JI headquarters at an impressive ceremony also attended by JI deputy chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees, Maulana Abdul Ma’lik, General Secretary JI Sindh, Mumtaz Husain Sabtu, other party leaders, workers and students from the Mansoora Model School. The students presented the national anthem on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Liaqat Baloch said that the huge sacrifices rendered by our forefathers for the creation of Pakistan made it obligatory that the nation left no stone unturned for building it into a model Islamic, welfare state. He said that national unity and unanimity was our real strength whereas the enemy was trying hard to shatter our unity by dividing us into Shias and Sunnis.
He said that India was our sworn enemy and had not accepted the creation of Pakistan from her heart. Indian Prime Minister Modi had, during his recent visit to Dhaka, admitted his role in the breakup of Pakistan in 1971 but the UN or any other international forum had not taken notice of this. He said that the US and world colonialism wanted to destabilize this country in order to establish India’s supremacy in the region. He said it was time that Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan stood united to foil enemy designs.
Liaqat Baloch said that Pakistan would remain incomplete without Kashmir. India, he said, had been occupying Kashmir for the last 70 years while the Kashmiris were holding big rallies today to celebrate Pakistan’s independence and were hoisting the Pakistani flag. Eight lakh Indian troops posted in Held Kashmir had failed to crush the Kashmiris freedom struggle. The Kashmiri youth were raising slogans of Pakistan Zindabad while India army was trying every tactic to crush their freedom spirit. He said that the veteran Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Gilani had infused such a love for freedom in the Kashmiri youth that could not be crushed by force.
He said that the Prime Minister’s advisor for Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz was visiting India on Modi s invitation. He said the Pakistani rulers craze for friendship with India was tantamount to rubbing salt on the wounds of Kashmiris. This showed that the rulers were anxious to serve US and India’s interests as compared to the interests of their own country. He counseled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to abandon the idea of friendship with India and bring the foreign policy in line with the vital national interests.
The JI central leader also urged the US and world powers to stop raising terrorist bodies every now and then, and give peace a chance. He was confident that the dream of JI chief Sirajul Haq for a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan would be realized soon. The ceremony ended with the prayer by Hafiz Muhammad Idrees prayed for the strength and prosperity of the nation and the country.
