Dec 16 is the darkest day in history of Pak as the nation will never be able to forget two heart-wrenching tragedies: Sirajul Haq

LAHORE, Dec 16 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Sirajul Haq has said that December 16 is the darkest day in the history of Pakistan as the nation will never be able to forget the two heart-wrenching tragedies.

In a statement issued from Mansoorah on Thursday, Sirajul Haq said 50 years passed to the “Fall of Dhaka” and the nation was marking 7th anniversary of the Army Public School incident but the wounds of the tragedies were still fresh in the minds of the people.

“I pay tribute to the martyrs of the APS and their parents,” he said, demanding the government implement National Action Plan in letter and sprit to counter terrorism and conspiracies against the stability and sovereignty of the country. The nation, he said, should stand united, rising above the prejudices in the provincialism, language and caste etc. He said the enemies of Islam and Pakistan were plotting to divide the nation on sectarian basis but their conspiracies would never succeed. “I believe Pakistan will live till the dawn of the day of judgment,” said the JI Emir.

Sirajul Haq highlighted the need to learn the lesson from the incident of separation of East Pakistan from its western wing 50 years ago. He said he believed had the country been given Islamic system soon after the independence, the breaking away of Pakistan could have been averted. He said ruling elite and feudal lords took control of the country soon after the death of Quaid-e-Azam and they never thought about addressing the depravations of the people of then East Pakistan now Bangladesh. He said the same ruling elite was controlling the remaining Pakistan and they were least bothered to address the miseries of common man. He said India’s interference and conspiracy were the main reasons behind the fall of Dhaka. The enemy, he warned, was still making plot to destabilize the country.

Sirajul Haq appealed to the people to choose pious and competent leadership for the country in elections. He said Pakistan needed Quran and Sunnah based system to get the track to development.