In an uncivilized turn of events, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan was manhandled at the Punjab University Campus today. He was later arrested by the police. A group of students kept him detained on the campus and later turned him over to the police. According to Dawn’s Report:
Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Punjab University’s new campus on Wednesday after he had been manhandled and detained in the campus allegedly by activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba. Imran Khan had gone to the university at the invitation of a joint action committee of students.
The visit had been approved by Qazi Hussain Ahmed, chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, to which the IJT is affiliated. On his arrival at the campus, the PTI chief was confronted reportedly by a group of IJT activists who kicked him around and punched him. They took him to a room in the Centre for High Energy Physics and detained him there for about 45 minutes.
This is an interesting (and sad) turn of events. Imran Khan‘s party and the mother party of IJT are both partners in APDM. Imran and Qazi have been seen together in many media photo shoots for the past year or so. Will today’s action by IJT guys will cause long term bad-blood between the two parties? It is left to be seen.
We strongly believe that inspite of political differences, no person deserves physical bashing and humiliation as was met out to Imran. Political differences should never be taken to such extreme where people use force to get their point across. It is wrong. Shame on those who manhandled him. I was recently reading an article on political bashing in the Wall Street Journal. It had a punch line which just kept resonating with me. It read:
Our politics suffer when passions overcome reason and vitriol becomes virtue.
Details on Imran‘s manhandling can be read here, here, here and here.
Please let Mush know
Chashma laga ke bhi kum dekhte hain.
@ Imran Khan is with APDM, not with Mushy,BB
or MQM, so the anti-JI/IJT should calm down and
go back to their pind.
Koe kuch bhi ker lay, Jamiat Zinda rehay gi.
Zinda he jamiat zinda he
tum kuch bhi ker lo zinda he
tum nak bhi ragrro zinda he
tum kan bhi pakro zinda he
zinda he jamiat zinda he
mula ke karam se zinda he
maoon ki dua se zinda he
moazan ki azan se zinda he
zinda he jamiat zinda he
Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) is a largest student organization in Pakistan. It is an independent organization of youth.
Also known as the Jamiat (“jam-ee-at”), it is one of the oldest student organizations in Pakistan, founded on 23 December 1947 in Lahore, Pakistan. The organization has attempted to increase the decency among the public and glorify the image of Islam specially in colleges and university campuses across Pakistan. Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba is one of the very few organization in Pakistan that doesn’t base itself on Cast or Race.
Islami Jamiat Talba has made many sacrifices for Islam and Pakistan.
Islami Jamiat Talba Believes in the Oneness of God (Allah) and that Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) was the last prophet of Allah. Islami Jamiat Talba through his movement, succeeded to declare the Ahmadis (Qadianis) the non-Believers in the national law of Pakistan.
Islami Jamiat Talba Pakistan is working in Pakistan to eliminate the non-Islamic factors and the secularism from the curriculam and techings of the educational institutions of Pakistan.
Islami Jamiat Talba’s Central secriteriate is located in glorious city of Lahore in Pakistan. The postal address is 1-A Zaildar Park Ichra, Lahore Pakistan.
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Below is a beautiful description of IJT Pakistan by one of its representative:
“Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan, A students’ organization, founded on 23rd December 1947 in Lahore and after a tireless struggle of last 56 years has become the largest and the most organized students’ organization in Pakistan. Jamiat has been striving for upholding the banner of Allah since its inception and its main emphasis has been at conversion of the society by preparing Islamic mindset among the nation, particularly in students.
Jamiat has a conviction that without the implementation of Islamic laws, the society can never be converted into Islamic culture and cannot be able to reflect the directions of Islamic teachings onto the world. Jamiat has always tried for the betterment of Pakistan regardless, whose ever is the ruler of Pakistan. Students are those who have been affected more by the infraction of rulers in many ways in Pakistan.
Therefore, many impediments and constraints came into various shapes in the way of Jamiat to avert it to move further from its aristocratic mission of Islamization like the ban on students’ union in academic institutions which was a main source to develop influence of students. But, fortunately, Jamiat has succeeded to move forward with its global mission of Islamization. The students have abominated the bars produced by the rulers because it was due to the thought that students be avoided to involve in issues relating political concerns and national interests of the country. Hence, yet, our universities are unable to restore ban on students’ union despite the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan has adjourned through its landmark decision to make necessary arrangements for students’ elections in the universities and colleges of Pakistan.
Now, Islami Jamiat-e- Talaba is the biggest organization amongst students in Pakistan. It has never deviated from its basic mission and goal of establishment of an Islamic Society, which guarantees peace, justice, employment, prosperity, education, health and social security for its inhabitants. This is a consequence of Jamiat’s endeavor that many of its accomplices have presented their immolation in Kashmir, Afghanistan and in Pakistan against the rival forces.
Islami Jamiat Talaba has been trying to save the youths from astray, delinquency, obscenity by showing them a path of righteousness and good deeds for the sake of infinite hereafter and the success in this worldly life. This is because of view that only youths could play decisive role in any revolution because of the historical fact that revolutions come with the help of young and dynamic factor and this is an obligation for revolution that a big part of its followers and associates shall follow ethics and morals.
No doubt Jamiat is a trend settler in regard to that it fractionated the effects of left and secular lobbies in educational institutions of Pakistan since the decade of 80’s, subsequently these lobbies are in a desperate plight to defend itself in the academic institutions within the entity of Pakistan. Therefore, Jamiat’s endeavor is widely acclaimed in every element of life including ulemas, teachers, students, intellectuals, politicians and those who belong to Pakistan’s defense”.