RND22

RAWALPINDI, February 27: Shuhada who fell victim to terrorism at Masjid and Imambargah Shah-e-Najaf Khayaban-e-Sir Syed Rawalpindi laid to rest in the presence of thousands of mourners with wet eyes and heavy hearts. Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi, chief of the Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Pakistan led the Nimaz-e-Janaza. Agha Moosavi while announcing a 3-day mourning in memory of these Shuhada expressed deep sense of shock and sorrow over the martyrdom of Nimazis as a result of indiscriminate firing on them by terrorists besides terming this incident an open act of terrorism. He said we have to give priority to Islam and Pakistan in all circumstances and we have put our life, wealth, honour and dignity on stake for the purpose. Moreover, we could not be threatened of death or diverted from the right path and the nation would have to exercise restraint in these circumstances following in the foot-steps of Syed-us-Sabireen Imam Mazloom Hussain ibne Ali
(A.S.).

Talking to national and international media on this occasion, the TNFJ chief said our combined enemy was on the back of firing incident at Rawalpindi’s Masjid Shah-e-Najaf because Pakistan has turned nuclear and our perpetual enemy desires to sideline Pakistan from leading the Islamic World. Answering a question he said, he still stands with his point of view that there is no Maktabi or Maslaki issue in Pakistan, we have created this country together and would also save it through joint efforts, rather we are trying our utmost for its development. He said at present the enemy has deployed its armed forces on Pakistani frontiers and the Indian prime minister Vajpayee had said that he can manoeuvre whatever he likes in Pakistan thus he is behind this conspiracy, we have thwarted it earlier and would continue to thwart it in future. Answering another question, he made it clear that Pakistan is not a State of any particular Maktab, Islam is its basic ideology that is commensurate with all schools of thought that are united and the Nimaz-e-Janaza of Shuhada today is a solid proof in this connection as they participated in the joint Nimaz because we share our woes and grieves. He said our children study together, we work in offices together, and will also defend the country together.

Agha Moosavi said the cause of concern is that the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance issued by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is not being implemented. He said black sheep are found all around, Vajpayee and Sharon would not come here to carry out terrorism because they could deploy their agents for the purpose. He said whether it is New York incident or a drama of attack on the Indian Parliament, we have condemned terrorism from wherever it was reported. He demanded from the government to put the people belonging to banned groups to task who were roaming around freely. He disclosed that he was summoning a high level meeting of the Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya in which the future strategy would be finalised. He reiterated his resolve to turn Pakistan into “Chamnistan”, and would thwart every conspiracy and mischief.

The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi said the Punjab Law Minister is present on this occasion and he should keep in mind that we do not consider a person as a friend who discriminates between Sunni and Shia. He said the government should nab terrorists and lodge protest on diplomatic level with those States who help them. He said the most important thing to do is to restrict active politics from Maslaki and Maktabi fora. He said we would not allow the active politics on sectarian basis succeed. He said Pakistan is not a “Jageer” of any particular school of thought but the combined heredity of us all and we have to defend it jointly. He told the Law Minister that the Federal Interior Ministry have informed us in writing that orders have been issued to set free the innocent arrested TNFJ people but the Provincial Home Department was not implementing that orders. He said police chiefs of various districts say that they have not received any such order from the top brass, therefore, he said all innocent people should be set free immediately otherwise we would be justified to understand that the government was not keeping any difference between the peace-loving and the terrorists. He opined that when the representative organisation of Millat-i-Jafariya i.e. Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya certifies then the person involved should be set free. He said he is not only concerned with Shias but if any innocent Sunni brethren were also arrested, then they would also be the part of his heart. He said he has not come from New Delhi but is a family member of Bari Imam and Shah Chan Chiragh, therefore, would like to ask the government not to loose the noose on banned organisations and implement the Presidential Anti-Terrorism Ordinance effectively. 

Dr. Khalid Ranjha, Provincial Law Minister assured Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi that the government will implement all demands of the Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya. Lauding the patriotic and policies of Agha Hamid Ali Moosavi he said taking constructive steps to restore peace in the country was the top government priority. I.G. Police Punjab Malik Asif Hayat, DIG Rawalpindi Range Farid Nawaz, SSP Marwat Hussain Shah and other top officials were also present on the occasion.

END

RAWALPINDI, March 1: The 3-day mourning announced by Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi, chief of the Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya, Pakistan for the Shuhada of terrorism incident at Masjid and Imambargah Shah-e-Najaf Khayaban-e-Sir Syed Rawalpindi ended on Friday. Quran Khwani, Majalis-e-Tarheem and collective Dua were offered at mosques, Imambargahs and Aza Khanas throughout the country. The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi while homage to the Shuhada said basis of Islam is on righteousness offering sacrifices for which is the Paighambri and Hussaini habit. He said every nation and Millat struggles for the eternal life and it has been said about Muslims that their birth is not to be rooted out but for survival, and for this purpose survival and development lay in Shahadat.

The TNFJ chief said Shaheed is placed on such a high pedestal that is commensurate with Mirage and height of humanity because he presents a new lease of life to the nation and the country. He said the Shuhada-e-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf incident are lucky in a sense that they achieved this great landmark while offering Nimaz. He said we stand committed on the conclusion of country-wide 3-day mourning that we never let go the blood of Shuhada waste and would keep the objectives, for which they sacrificed their lives, always on top. He said the enemies of the religion and the motherland should keep in mind that their indecent tactics could not keep us away from the right path.

Agha Moosavi made it clear that Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam through a joint struggle of all schools of thought and no evil person could create differences in them. He said all Sunni and Shia are brothers and strength of Islam and are a concrete wall against the combined enemy and anyone who tries to sow the seeds of hatred in them is not a friend of Islam and Pakistan rather a tool in the hand of Iblees (Satan). He said the colonial powers along with their agents were bent upon today to root out the oppressed nations and Muslims one by one. He said Israel is involved in massacre in Palestine while BJP has made the life of minorities in India difficult; they destructed the Babri Masjid and have now started playing ‘holi’ with the blood of Muslims to save their government ultimately unveiling their secular stance.

He said where are the United Nations, European Union, America and their allies today who get Muslims punished on one pretext or the other terming them terrorists and extremists? He said what is going on in Palestine and the way Muslims are being burnt alive, and whole of their cities and towns are being set ablaze? Why India is not being termed a terrorist State for these inhuman and condemnable acts and why ban is not being imposed on terrorists there? Such an attitude, he said proves that they were doing so on the behest of international colonial powers that were following dual policy. He said the Muslim Ummah should now wake up and OIC should open its lips to adopt a joint strategy. He said bloodshed in Muslim States, particularly in Pakistan is the act of our combined enemy.

The Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi called upon President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to take personal interest in getting the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance implemented and put hand on the crocodiles of banned organisations and their workers who were roaming around freely, moreover their participation in government meetings should also be taken notice of, he added. He demanded immediate release of all innocent people including those belonging to Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya and appealed the patriotic forces to remain fully alert, identify their friends and foes and express hatred against terrorist groups. He made it clear that we keep the honour and dignity of our religion and motherland dearer than our lives.

Moreover, according to reports reaching here, Majalis-e-Tarheem in connection with the 3-day mourning for Shuhada-e-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf were also held all big cities and towns. Aimma Karaam while addressing Juma congregations strongly condemned the Khayaban-e-Sir Syed incident and termed this heinous activity an act of our perpetual enemy. They vowed to thwart every nefarious effort of foreign agents and their die-hard tools like they always did through exemplary Sunni-Shia unity. Besides twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Majalis-e-Tarheem were also held in Karachi, Lahore, Muzaffarabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Skardu, Faisalabad, Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Larkana, Hyderabad, Sialkot, Chakwal, Jhelum, Gujranwala, Dera Ismail Khan, Attock, Abbottabad, Mianwali and Kohat.

END

RAWALPINDI, March 1: Quran Khwani and Majalis-e-Tarheem were organised for Shuhada-i-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf Khayaban-e-Sir Syed, Rawalpindi in Rawalpindi and surrounding areas. Various religious and Matmi organisations held Majalis and Matamdari to pay homage to Shuhada and offered special prayers for them. Addressing a Majlis-e-Tarheem at Qasr-e-Abu Talib Mughalabad under the auspices of Anjuman Ghulaman-e-Abu Talib, Allama Syed Mohsin Ali Hamdani Nazimul Amoor TNFJ Punjab termed the martyrdom of a dozen Nimazis in the incident of terrorism at Masjid and Imambargah Shah-e-Najaf a combined grief of all Muslims. He said anti-Pakistan forces were playing with the lives of innocent people at the behest of foreign powers that is humiliation of the mankind. He said no Muslim could kill any innocent Muslim.

Paying tributes to Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi he said the guiding and everlasting peaceful policy of this great personality has helped check the elements fanning biases and unveiled those who were on the payroll of their foreign masters to fulfil their self-interest and the people are expressing hatred against such elements. He said the incident of Khayaban-e-Sir Syed is the biggest of its kind in the history of Rawalpindi and all Sunni-Shia brethren have exercised restraint on the call of Agha Moosavi thwarting the hopes of those who desire to create unrest and hatred amongst them. Expressing heart-felt sympathies with the bereaved families of the Shuhada, he said their struggle for the mission of Wila and Aza would continue and they would not hesitate in offering any sacrifice for the solidarity and development of the religion and the motherland. A resolution passed on the occasion strongly demanded from the government to arrest the culprits of
Khayaban-e-Sir Syed incident immediately and give them exemplary punishment.

TNFJ District Council Rawalpindi also organised Majlis-e-Tarheem in connection with mourning of Shuhada-e-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf. Syed Qamar Haider Zaidi Central Secretary Information in his address on the occasion said Shaheed is the beacon of light for the nation and the country and his blood gives a new lease of live to nations. He said if someone removes those from sight who keep on struggling for great causes but they remain alive even in their grave forever. He said the Nimazis who kissed martyrdom while offering Nimaz were the true followers of Aal-e-Muhammad and are placed at the highest echelon after Shahadat. Expressing heart-felt sympathies with the bereaved families of the Shuhada he prayed for the early recovery of the injured Nimazis.

Haji Ghulam Murtaza Chauhan TNFJ District Council Rawalpindi President while condemning the Masjid Shah-e-Najaf incident called upon the government to arrest the culprits of this incident immediately and give them exemplary punishment. He said Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi by advising the nation to exercise restraint has proved that we love our motherland more than anything else and we would continue thwarting the conspiracies of our enemy by displaying mutual unity and brotherhood. He said the government should put its hand on the office-bearers of banned organisations involved in heinous crimes and release the innocent people immediately.

Allama Syed Hussain Muqaddasi addressed a Majlis-e-Tarheem held at Masjid Ahle Bait Wah Cantt. for Shuhada-e-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf. Terming this incident as a national tragedy he called upon the government to get the President Ordinance against Terrorism implemented to root out terrorism from the country and check the banned organisations that have been given an open hand by the administration. He said workers of Tehreek Nafaz Fiqh-e-Jafariya and other innocent people have been put in jail labelling them as workers of the banned parties which is unfair and against the norms of justice and fair-play.

END

RAWALPINDI, February 28: Majalis-e-Tarheem were held throughout the country including twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on the second day of the 3-day mourning to pay homage to the Shuhada-i-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf Khayaban-e-Sir Syed, Rawalpindi. The speakers while condemning the incident of terrorism offered prayers for special blessings for the Shuhada Shah-e-Najaf.

In the second Majlis-e-Tarheem held at Imambargah Zain-ul-Aza in connection with the 3-day mourning, special homage was paid to the Shuhada Shah-e-Najaf. The speakers said that the death of a Shaheed is the life for the nation. They demanded from the Punjab Government to get the Presidential Ordinance against Terrorism implemented strictly, terrorist groups and banned groups should be checked and such groups should be rooted out so as to restore durable peace. They also demanded from the Administration to release all innocent people immediately who have no link with the banned organisations. They called upon the powers that be to arrest the assassins of Shuhada Shah-e-Najaf and give them exemplary punishment.

Majalis-e-Tarheem and Quran Khawani were also organised for Shuhada-e-Masjid Shah-e-Najaf on the second day of the 3-day mourning at: Aza Khana Hazrat Shabbir Misrial Road, Masjid-e-Haideria Committee Chowk, Masjid-e-Jafariya Muslim Abad, Imambargah Qasr-e-Imran, Imambargah Zainabia Darsgah Mohsina-e-Islam Islamabad, Masjid-e-Jafariya I-9 and various other mosques and Imambargahs.

END