Down the US drones: DPC

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LAHORE Religious and religio-political parties comprising Defense of Pakistan Council (DPC) have demanded the rulers and the armed forces to withdraw all facilities to the US forces, vacate Shamsi airbase and others and down the drones.
Addressing a consultative meeting of DPC here on Sunday, the leaders warned the rulers that after facing defeat in Afghanistan, the US was desperately trying to disarm Pakistan of its nuclear assets and to install India as the regional superpower to cut down China's global influence.
The DPC consultative meeting was chaired by its chairman and chief of JUI-S Maulana Samiul Haq while prominent participants included Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JD) ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, JD leader Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Pir Saifullah Khalid, Maulana Fazlur Raheem Naqshbandi, Jamia Ahle Hadith leaders Hafiz Abdul Ghaffar Rupari, Qari Hajif Jallundhari, Maulana Shamur Rehman, Qari Yaqoob Sheikh, JI deputy ameer Dr Muhammad Kamal, JUI-S secretary general Maualan Abdul Rauf Farooqi, Mufti Hameeduallh Jan, Maulana Naeem Badshah, Maulana Abdul Hayee, Maulana Mahmoodur Rasheed, Allama Yunus Hasan, Hamidul Haq Haqqani, Maulana Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Wahab Rupari, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, Maulana Asim Makhdoom, Maulana Yusuf Ahrar, Maulana Muhammad Ramzan, Yahya Mujahid and others.
Briefing the newsmen after the meeting, the leaders called upon all the religious and political parties to join the non-political, non-electoral platform of DPC to counter US aggression against national security and unity. They announced to hold Defense of Pakistan Conference on December 18 at Minar-e-Pakistan to devise future course of action.
Stressing that Pakistanis are a patriotic nation and every citizen is prepared to fight against the US forces, they warned the US of another Afghanistan like defeat if she ventured attack against the country.
The DPC consultative meeting formed a 5-member committee to contact religious elders and heads of religious seminaries, ulema, teachers and students for obtaining their support to the cause of DPC and its upcoming public meeting in Lahore on Dec 18. The committee is headed by Pir SAifullah Khalid and comprised Maulana Abdul Rauf Farooqi Qari Yakub Sheikh, Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muavia, and Amirul Azeem.
Addressing the participants, Maulana Samiul Haq said after disintegration of the USSR and elimination of Saddam's threat to Tel Aviv, the expansionists were eyeing to neutralize the only nuclear power of Muslim world. He declared that Jihad against the Zionists controlling Washington's policies had become a necessary obligation upon every Pakistani since they were now out to destroy our homeland. He said mere vacation of Shamsi airbase and temporary cut off of the US supply line was not enough but all kind of cooperation with the US against the Afghans should be stopped permanently to appease the nation. He said shouldering US war against Afghans had seriously damaged national unity and present and past rulers were solely responsible for the subversion and destruction it had caused in the country.
Hafiz Saeed said US was bent upon taking revenge of its shameful defeat from Pakistan by establishing Indian hegemony in south Asia. He demanded immediate severing of all kinds of cooperation with the US forces in her war on terror in Afghanistan which was a prerequisite to forge unity among the nation. He warned that US could aid and instigate Delhi for attacking Pakistan on the pretext of Mumbai attacks or infiltration. He said only the parties which created Pakistan in the name of Islam could now defend it against the western aggression. He said US was about to make a humiliating retreat from the region and Pakistan must display courage to prevent US from shifting its lost war into our country.