Former Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Qazi Hussain Ahmad, on Saturday showed apprehension over the deteriorated political and security situation in Balochistan, saying "no one can utter a word of Pakistan in the province".
But, he urged the nation to speed up preaching of Islamic teachings in the province to unite the fragmented nation. He said the situation in Balochistan and elsewhere in the country is a result of betraying the Islamic ideology which is the essence of Pakistan's creation.
Addressing at a book-launching ceremony at Karachi Press Club, he said the country could reach its ultimate glory if it acted in line with teachings of Islam. He said the establishment is the servant of British rulers which now ruling the nation.
He said the nation is under the debris of English colonial culture and education systems which damaged Pakistan's Islamic identity. He said Pakistan was created in the name of Islam and the religious ideology should be its identity. He said land without religious ideology is insignificant.
Hussain said the country's intelligentsia has lost its path to revive the nation with Islamic notion. He said the uprising in Arab World is the result of Islamic teachings. He said Islam is the only religion to brighten the world with its teachings. He said communism, capitalism are the symbols of darkness.
He also congratulated Jamal Abdullah Usmani for authoring a book titled "Jo Hum Pay Guzri Hey" - the plight we suffer. The book is a collection of newspaper articles which he contributed in a local Urdu daily. On the occasion, JI's Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, Meraj-ul-Huda Siddiqi and other prominent figures spoke.