June 28, 2009

KARACHI: A mammoth 'Go America Go’ rally organized here on Sunday by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter lambasted the USA for interference into Pakistani affairs and asked local rulers to shun toeing the US agenda and keep supreme the interests of Pakistani nation and country.

In a resolution, passed at the end of the Go America Go rally, the participants demanded immediate end to the US interference in the internal affairs of Pakistan. They said the root cause of all the problems facing Pakistan is this unwanted US meddling. The US has even violated the sanctity of territories of Pakistan and killed thousands of innocent men, women and children in drone and missile attacks, but the rulers instead of raising voice against this hegemony are playing role of silent spectator.

The repeated US drone attacks have jeopardized the very sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan. The participants demanded immediate halt US drone attacks besides ending US prying into the country’s affairs. The second resolution was pertaining to 'Infrastructure Tax’ imposed by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK). It was said that imposing a new tax in the name of infrastructure is sheer injustice with the Karachiites, adding city government instead of solving the problems of masses is increasing them. They termed new tax a sort of 'extortion’ and demanded of the government to immediately withdraw it. Another resolution adopted by the rally, was regarding load shedding. The resolution described that power outages are worsening with each passing day.—Agencies