Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami

Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:

What response they received from Jamaat-e-Islami representatives in Pakistan when the Government pressed them to come down firmly against the use of violence. [HL2052]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Triesman)
We have seen no evidence that Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) representatives have recently publicly renounced violence. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the leader of the JI party, did issue a condemnation regarding the kidnappings of westerners in Iraq.