LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has impressed upon the United States to play role in stopping the brutalities of the Indian troops in Kashmir and ensure the grant of the right to self determination to the Kashmiris.
He was talking to the outgoing US Consul General in Lahore, Mr Zachary Herkinrider, who called on him at Mansoora on Tuesday. .
The JI chief also suggested to the US to review her policy towards the Muslim world by extending support to the democratic forces instead of the dictators, thereby ending the impression that Washington was hostile to Islam and the Muslims.
He pointed out that the US had invaded Iraq and Afghanistan without any just cause and lakhs of innocent Muslims were killed in these countries because of which there was great resentment among the Muslims towards the US.
While appreciating the efforts of the outgoing diplomat for improving the ties between the US and Pakistan during his tenure, the JI chief said that the US should use her influence for stopping the repression of the Indian occupation forces in Held Kashmir. The US, he said, should pressurize New Delhi and the UN for the quick solution of the Kashmir issue that had created the threat of a clash between two nuclear powers of the south Asia.
Sirajul Haq also called upon the US to take notice of the policies of the Bangladesh government as was victimizing the opposition, especially the JI leadership there.
