Pakistani extremist groups slam 'Indian and American terrorism'

An religious and extremist groups on Saturday said Pakistan should settle the Kashmir issue and differences over sharing river water before it normalises trade relations with India and gives it Most Favoured Nation-status.
The Defence of Pakistan Council, which includes the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat, made the demand in a joint declaration adopted at a meeting of the top leaders of the various groups.
The declaration described the move to give MFN-status to India as a "plot against Pakistan".
The council demanded that the government should not make any unilateral move to normalise trade relations.
"Before beginning trade with India, the issues of Kashmir and water should be resolved," it said.

Samiul Haq said the leadership of the Council had decided to step up its country-wide movement to create awareness about what he described as "Indian and American terrorism".
He said rallies would be held in Rawalpindi on January 22, in Multan on January 29 and in Karachi on February 12.
JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed was present at the news conference but he did not speak.
Others who attended the meeting were former ISI chief Hamid Gul, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hassan, senior JuD leader Abdul Rahman Makki, Awami Muslim League chief Shiekh Rashid Ahmed, PML-Z chief Ijaz-ul-Haq, and senior Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat leader Ghulam Mustafa Jadoon. More Here