Pakistan has never been truly Islamic, says Gen Abbasi
uploaded 22 Feb 2004SHEIKHUPURA: The Azmat-e-Islam Movement of Pakistan party chief on Friday launched an attack on Pakistani leaders and claimed that the country had never been a truely Islamic state since Independence and that there were still more than 13,000 un-Islamic rules existing in the country.
Major General (r) Zaheer-ul-Islam Abbasi, also the party’s founder, told reporters at the Press Club that Islam offers perfect economic and judiciary systems, but the whole governing system had been a mix of the un-Islamic and British systems. Because of this dual system, the country is still under a debt of US $0.35 billion. Yet, Pakistan needs US $5 billion to cover its entire foreign loans every year, the party chief claimed.
He also criticised the standard of living, saying, It is unfair that a family owns more than 80,000 acres of land while 50,000 families are homeless. He claimed that even the annual expenses of the presidential house were Rs 1.4 billion leading to the poor living standards.
He said the judiciary was still functioning according to the British laws that meant 60 percent of prisoners languishing in prisons are innocent. In Punjab alone, there are more than 300,000 cases still pending in courts, he said, adding that the judiciary was akin to a dual system that consisted of the Hadood Ordinance on the one side and on the other, the Pakistan Penal Court.
He criticised former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif for idealising former Israeli prime minister Golda Mayor and former South African president Nelson Mandela respectively, saying the two foreign leaders had no knowledge of Islam. Even President Pervez Musharraf says his ideal person is the founder of the Turkish state, Kamal Ataturk, he said.
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was not only Muslims’ ideal leader but atheists and other non-Muslims still regard the prophet as their ideal, he added.
He urged Muslim unity under the umbrella of one leader. The past glory and the Muslim world lie in unity and discipline. The Khalafat-e-Rashda system is the only remedy to rekindle the ancient values of Muslims, he said. He called on Muslims to shun the International Monetary Fund and other international donors and instead should rely on their own resources.
Source: Daily Times
