Press Release
Joint Military Exercises with the Hindu State is Betrayal of the Oppressed Muslims of Occupied Kashmir

Whilst the Hindu State’s armed forces are viciously attacking the Muslims of Occupied Kashmir, maiming their men and dishonoring their women, the heartless Bajwa-Imran regime is conducting week long military exercises with India, amongst other states. On 17 September 2019, the regime’s ISPR blandly confirmed that Pakistan is participating in the military exercise, Tsentr (“Centre”) 2019 in Russia, with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. Thus, instead of mobilizing the lions of our armed forces in support of the oppressed Muslims, the Bajwa-Imran regime is granting the savage Hindu State forces a golden opportunity to become intimately familiar with our style of fighting and capabilities. How is it that one of the most powerful armed forces in the world, the Pakistan Armed Forces, is being made to expose its capabilities before an openly belligerent state? How can such a significant assistance be extended to the enemy, when Allah (swt) ordered assistance only for those Muslims who are afflicted by enmity of hostile powers, for He (swt) said,

[وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ]

“And if they seek help of you for the religion, then you must help.” [Al-Anfal:72]? How can such open treachery be tolerated on the grounds that “orders are orders,” when RasulAllah (saaw) said,

«لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ»

“No obedience for a creation in the disobedience of Allah the Almighty.” (Reported by Ahmad and Tabarani). And how is such military co-operation with the Hindu State acceptable, when it is a prelude to normalize relations with the Hindu State, thereby abandoning Occupied Kashmir and submitting to Indian dominance of our region?

O Lions of Pakistan’s Armed Forces! It is enough already for you to halt the treason in its tracks. Is there not amongst you an As’ad bin Zuraarah, Usaid bin Hudayr or Saad bin (radhiya Allah anhum ajmaeen) who would extend his fire, steel and soul in order to secure his Aakhira? Is there not amongst you a man of Iman to grant the Nussrah (Material Support) for the re-establishment of the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood, restoring the glorious legacy of the Ansaar (ra)? Come forwards now so that you are led by a righteous Khaleefah who will not prevent you from fighting the enemy, but will lead you in battle. Muslim narrated from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that RasulAllah (saaw) said,

«إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ، يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ»

“Indeed, the Imam is a shield, you are protected by him and fight from behind him.”

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Pakistan