LAHORE - Justifying the APDM decision to boycott the election, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that nothing has been changed in the last nine months and the present government was continuing the policies of Musharraf regime. He was addressing a gathering outside Lahore Railway Station on Tuesday on the conclusion of first phase of train march. The marchers received a poor response in the city as around 1,000 people were there outside the Railway Station to welcome them as none was allowed to step on the platform for the purpose. The park facing the railway station was allowed entry only through a security gate. The police were blocking all roads leading to the station and besieged the venue closing its all other entrances. The security cordon was so tight that even the vehicle carrying Qazi to the venue was not allowed entry though local leaders introduced themselves to the police. The JI Lahore had arranged an Eid milan party at the park and had invited comic poets to attract people other than its activists for ensuring a better gathering to welcome the train marchers. Welcome banners had been displayed all around the railway station, while the party had already pasted posters and distributed handbills among the area people about the train march. On way to Lahore from Peshawar, the Jamaat chief had addressed at 15 railway stations to the gathering came to welcome the marchers in various towns. Addressing the participants amid slogans, Qazi Hussain Ahmed said that the people were expecting change after the defeat of kings' party in the last general election but it did not happen. He said that the APDM boycotted the last election, as the component parties were sure that it would prove a futile exercise. He said that Dr A Q Khan was still in detention and he (A Q Khan) was even not allowed to offer Eid prayer. He said that the rulers were handing over own citizens to the US for money. He said that the rulers were avoiding reinstatement of deposed judges who refused to bow before a dictator. He said that the people were not expecting justice from the courts of Abdul Hameed Dogar. He said that flour and other necessary items were not available while increasing prices of commodities had made the lives of the poor miserable. He said that instead of supporting the indigenous freedom movement in Kashmir, the rulers were trying to please the US and India. He said that it was a pity that instead of stopping the NATO forces from bombing inside Pakistan, the rulers were carrying out military operation in tribal areas. He urged the people to participate in the JI Ijtema-e-Aam in Lahore to take part in the discussion on the prevailing situation in the country. He said that the JI wanted to evolve a strategy for taking the country out of crises and resolving the problems of people. Our Staff Reporter from Rawalpindi adds: Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that 'Mujahideen' would guard the country if the United States attacked Pakistan. He was talking to media men after reaching Rawalpindi Railway Station on Tuesday. Qazi was leading Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) 'Train March', which had started from Peshawar. He also demanded that the ongoing military operation against militants in the tribal and NWFP areas should be immediately stopped and PPP government should protect its people instead of the US interests. He further asked that all deposed judges without any discrimination, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, should be restored to Nov 2 position. On reaching Rawalpindi Railway Station, a large number of JI workers, including Dr Muhammad Kamal, Shamasur Rehman Swati, Malik Muhammad Azam, Syed Shahid Pervaiz, Raja Abdul Waheed and Hafiz Sajjad Qamar, accorded a warm welcome to the Train March participants. Later, addressing the gathering, JI Amir hoped that their Train March would change national politics, end prevalent despair and disappointment and forge unity among the people of Pakistan. He also said that the US itself is the biggest terrorist of the world, which has caused worldwide anarchy and Pakistan could be pulled out of the crisis only by saying good-bye to American policies, initiated by General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf.         Qazi further claimed that the US, Israel and India have formed an alliance against Pakistan's atomic arsenals. "Now it is the need of the hour that government should create harmony with the people to foil the conspiracy against Pakistan," he added.   Our Staff Reporter from Peshawar adds: Before the departure of JI's Train March, Qazi Hussain Ahmed said that pro-American policies are responsible for anarchy and insurgency in Pakistan. He also said that Pakistan could not be pulled out of the prevailing crisis unless Pakistan keeps on following the US policies. "The existing crisis will not end if the US keeps on interfering in the affairs of Pakistan", Qazi said. He further said that law and order is the most important issue, which needs immediate attention and must address the issue, but, he lamented, President Asif Ali Zardari is following the same pro-American policies of former dictator Pervez Musharraf. Our staff reporter adds from Gujranwala: After reaching here from Rawalpindi Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad urged upon the govt to call APC to tackle deteriorating law and order situation in the country and, added, that political parties which have no representation in the Assemblies should also be invited in the conference. He accused President Asif Ali Zardari of pleasing Americans and following former President Pervez Musharraf's policies. Joint efforts must to tackle issue, says Nawaz LAHORE (Online) - Reiterating his firm commitment to wipe off the menace of terrorism, PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed that no one can alone combat terrorism as joint efforts are required to tackle it. "It is not a responsibility of a single party or the government alone to fight terrorism," he said, adding that a national policy must be implemented. He said this while talking to journalists after arriving from Jeddah here on Tuesday. "The PML-N is committed to eliminating terrorism," he said. He underscored the need for national unity to defeat terrorism. Only when a nation fosters unity and strength in its ranks, we can battle the mounting threat of terrorism and lawlessness in the country, Nawaz added.