The Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC), a conglomeration of about a dozen religious parties and organisations, has announced that it would stand shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces against enemy aggression. The announcement was made by the newly elected President of the MYC, Sahibzada Dr Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, at a press conference at Mansoora after the MYC elections.
He further said that India's threats and atrocities on the Kashmiris had been fully exposed. He said the martyrdom of Burhan Wani had infused a new spirit among the Kashmiris. He however said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had committed a blunder by not presenting before the world body the solid evidence of India's involvement in the form of Kul Boshan's arrest.
Liaqat Baloch had been re-elected as MYC Secretary General. Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, has been elected senior vice President of the council, Other office bearers elected include Maulana Amajd Khan, Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, Syed Haroon Gilani, Syed Niaz Husain Naqvi, Hafiz Aakif Saeed, Maulana Allah Wasaya, Pir Abdur Rashid Naqshbandi, Allama Ameen Shahedi, Eng. Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer and Hafiz Abdul Ghaffar Ropari a vice presidents.
JI Ameer, Sirajul Haq, while addressing newsmen, said that it was a happy moment that the religious leadership of the country stood on one platform. He said that Pakistan was an ideological state and its defence was a sacred duty. He announced that if India dared to stop river water flowing into this country, it would be treated as beginning of the war. And in case of Indian adventure, India would have to face a defeat worse than that of the 1965.