TNFJ urges focus on banned outfits, borders

ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek Nafaze Fiqh-e-Jafariya Pakistan said on Monday the recent declaration issued after the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security was an endorsement of the TNFJ’s stance on the eradication of terrorism.

Secretary Public Relations TNFJ Syed Hassan Kazmi said the declaration reflected the aspirations of the nation, which must now be implemented effectively.

He said the list of proscribed organisations issued by the federal interior ministry had become outdated and proposed that it should also include the names of the leaders and key figures of these outfits to ensure their identification, even if they operate under new names.

Speaking on the government-issued declaration after the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, he said, “Terrorism has effectively imposed a war on our beloved homeland Pakistan, and it is imperative to defend it with full force. Military operations must be backed by strong political will and reforms so that the dream of sustainable peace can become a reality.”

He noted that the National Action Plan was a comprehensive anti-terrorism charter, reflecting the Moosavi peace formula presented by the TNFJ in 1997, and called for full implementation of all clauses of the National Action Plan.

The TNFJ leader also called for taking concrete steps to repatriate illegal immigrants to their respective countries.

He noted that many of the recommendations of the peace formula, presented by Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi following the Supreme Court’s suo moto notice on terrorism in August 1997, were later incorporated into key government initiatives, such as Anti-terrorism Act, National Action Plan, and National Internal Security Policy.

“Had the provisions of the National Action Plan not been sacrificed for personal and party interests, terrorism would have been curbed by now,” he remarked.

Kazmi pointed out that in the changing global political conditions Pakistan needs to secure borders from all sides to prevent illegal infiltration rather than focusing on one or two borders only.

He noted that many banned outfits continue to preach and promote extremism and anti-peace agendas under new or old names through their respective religious and political platforms while they also act as local facilitators for foreign enemies.