Jamaat-e-Islami Youth Leader: Washington, D.C. Will Not Be Safe

Leader of Shabab-e-Milli in Karachi Muhammad Yusuf Munir has said that Washington DC will not be safe if the NATO and U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan attacked Pakistan’s tribal districts. Shabab-e-Milli is the youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan’s largest religious political party. The Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Jasarat quoted Yusuf Munir as saying: ‘‘Pakistan is not Iraq or Afghanistan. It is an atomic power. If Pakistan was targeted, Washington, D.C. too will not be safe.’’ In the past, Shabab-e-Milli is known to have come under the influence of Pakistani intelligence agencies. According to the report, the leader of Shabab-e-Milli said that the Pakistani people, especially youth, will fight, soaked in the longing for martyrdom and feelings for jihad, against U.S. and NATO forces until they are eliminated from... [read full story]