On the 18th of December 2008, in the Daily Nawa-e-Waqt Lahore edition a news item was printed entitled "Aath barsoon kay doraan hukomat nay darjan say zaid jihadee tanzeemoon per pabandee aaed ki" in which along with various other groups Hizb ut-Tahrir was portrayed as a militant group. Though Hizb ut-Tahrir considers the ongoing Jihad to rid foreign occupation in Kashmir, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and various

Hundreds of people attended Hizb ut-Tahrir's seminar at Lahore entitled ‘New Leadership, New System'. Seminar was addressed by Hizb's members Mr. Saad Rehman Jagranvi and Dr. Iftikhar along with Hizb's spokesman Mr. Naveed Butt.

The picture published in all newspapers today shows Pak army with motto of "Faith, Fear of Allah (Taqwa) and Jihad in the way of Allah" guarding the American and Nato forces weapons, APC's, oil, food and containers of wine.

By calling Kashmiri jihad, terrorism and accepting that American missile attacks in Pakistan are carried out with the consent of the government, Asif Zardari has proven that he is a bigger traitor than Musharraf.