Press Release
Abolish Democracy, Establish Khilafah
The Strength of Pakistan's Armed Forces Must be Used to Abolish Democracy and Establish Khilafah

The well-publicized crisis caused by marches and sit-ins confirms that the real power lies with the armed forces within Pakistan, just as it does throughout the Muslim World.  Both the opposition and the government have been looking towards the armed forces to end the crisis. On the one hand, the opposition threatened the intervention of the armed forces, if their demands are not met. And on the other hand, the rulers have been frantically meeting with the military leadership in order to save their government. Furthermore, the opposition was not even ready to sit on the negotiation table, despite repeated government offers. However, as soon as the Director-General of the Armed Forces' ISPR, Major General Asim Bajwa, released a statement on 19^th August 2014 that, "Situation requires patience, wisdom and sagacity from all stakeholders to resolve prevailing impasse through meaningful dialogue in larger national and public interest," several rounds of negotiations began, within a few hours!

Unfortunately, the current role of Pakistan's armed forces is neither in accordance with their might nor in accordance with the commands of Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw). Since the establishment of Pakistan, the strength of Pakistan's armed forces has always been used by traitors in their leadership to support either dictatorship or democracy. Even though, both democracy and dictatorship ensure the implementation of Kufr laws and American policies. Being a Muslim armed forces, the impressive power of the Pakistan's armed forces must be used to abolish democracy and establish the Khilafah "Caliphate".

Thus, in order to bring real change and revolution through the Khilafah "Caliphate", Hizb ut Tahrir demands that the sincere officers in Pakistan's armed forces provide Nussrah for Islamic ruling, in accordance with the methodology of RasulAllah (saw), who asked the powerful armed tribes of the Arabian Peninsula for Nussrah. It is an obligation upon the sincere officers of the armed forces to uproot those traitors in their leadership, who always provide the strength of this institution to either democracy or dictatorship, for the sake of their masters in Washington. And the sincere officers must extend Nussrah to Hizb ut Tahrir for the establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate", securing the honourable title of the modern day Ansaar and above all, the blessings of Allah (swt).

[مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعاً]

"Whosoever desires honor, power and glory then to Allah belong all honor" [Fatir: 10]

Shahzad Shaikh
Deputy to the Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Pakistan