Return of Afghan refugees: Siraj for constitution of parliamentary body

Jamaat e Islami chief, Senator Sirajul Haq stressed that a parliamentary committee should be set up to oversee the return of Afghan refugees to their country. According to media cell of jamaat islami Lahore while talking to the media after attending a meeting of the SAFRON Ministry in capital city on Monday in connection with the Afghan refugees return, He said the nation wanted the Afghan refugees to return home with honour and dignity.
The local population had never faced any problem during the stay of the Afghan refugees. However, some steps by the Pakistan government had spoiled the atmosphere. He said the government had mishandled the 35 year old Afghan woman Sharbat Gula's case and she was jailed and India is exploiting that issue against Pakistan. Although, the issue could have been handled wisely.
He said that strong Pakistan Afghanistan relations would minimise the chances of India's interference in the region and the Pak-Afghan policy should be looked at from the angle of this country and not from the viewpoint of the US. He said, that sincere efforts should be made to restore peace in the neighbouring country. He said the issue of Afghan students, traders and the wounded people should be handled in a spirit of good will and accommodation should be provided to them and the government should frame a policy in this regard.
Sirajul Haq strongly condemned Indian forces firing in Bhimber sector of the LOC, which resulted in the martyrdom of seven troops, and stressed upon the government to take necessary steps for national security. He said the government must prove its existence and remarked that this was time to be awake and not to sleep. He said a government that could not protect the lives of its citizen had no right to stay.
The JI chief slated New Delhi's war mentality and said that India wants to plunge the region into the flames of war. He urged the world community to take notice of New Delhi's designs. However, he warned that a war in the region would not be limited to this region but would engulf the entire world.
The JI chief said that thousands of people were facing daily hardships in securing their computerised national identity cards and passports due to the inefficiency of the NADRA officials and the Interior Ministry. He said that if NADRA did not resolve the issue, the people would be forced to lay siege around the NADRA offices.
He said that facilities should be provided to the non registered Afghan refugees to enable them to get registered so that they could avail the facilities being extended by international bodies at the time of their return. He said NADRA had blocked the national identity cards of the local population along with the Afghan refugees due to which the people were facing difficulties.