Battle for Hasba bill will continue: Fazl
From our correspondent
8 August 2005
LAHORE Muttahida Majlise Aml Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman declared here yesterday the religious alliance would continue its legal battle on Hasba bill and improve the system in NWFP, where the MMA is in power.
He said at a news conference that the Hasba bill was in the interest of the province. The Supreme Court had declared various provisions of the bill unconstitutional and asked the NWFP governor to sign it. Under the Constitution, the governor is obliged to assent the bill within 30 days of being referred to him or send it back to the provincial legislature for reconsideration. In case the assembly doesnt change it and send the same to the governor, he has no option but to sign it. Speaking on the Supreme Courts (SC) ruling on the Hasba bill, the MMA secretary general said that the SC judges had not taken oath under the 1973 Constitution and they were serving under the Legal Framework Order. How can they (the judges) declare Hasba unconstitutional? he asked. The Maulana said the MMA wage a movement against the governments plan to launch an operation against religious seminaries. He said the religious seminaries were not involved in militancy or any other objectionable activity. He held the government responsible for the worsening situation in Waziristan. Also, he said it was federal information minister Sheikh Rashid who ran various camps. Ulema, he said, should not be labelled for the activity. He asked the government to explain who was running camps in Mansehra. He said the MMA was an enlightened and progressive party while General Pervez Musharraf is a reactionary and his claims of being enlightened were false. He said if foreigners were a threat to the countrys security, the government should expel all foreigners from Pakistan. There is no justification in expelling foreign students who have come to Pakistan on valid study visas, he added. Maulana Fazl said that madrassas were not promoting extremism, adding that the seminaries were producing true Muslims who loved humanity irrespective of creed or colour. NNI adds: Maulana Fazal ur Rehman warned of launching a movement if the government tried to implement President Musharrafs plan to expel foreign madarassa students. On July 29th, President Pervez Musharraf said 1,400 foreign students at madrassas, must leave the country even if they have formal visas. We will launch movement if the decision was not withdrawn, Maulana Fazal ur Rehman told a news conference here. He described the decision as contrary to national interests. He said the MMA will hold protest rallies against President Musharrafs decision. He also condemned campaign against religious seminaries under the pretext of curbing extremism. President Musharraf said he took the decision, the latest in a series of measures in his clampdown, because he did not want the madrassas "misused for extremism". The schools have been in the spotlight after one of the London bombers was reported to have studied at one. Fazal criticised Lahore High Court decision to bar from local elections those candidates who have degrees from religious schools.
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