General Secretary of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Liaqat Baloch said that their party was in contact with religious parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for forming an alliance ahead of the general elections.
Addressing a party meeting in Daska, the JI leader alleged that transparent elections under the corrupt leadership of President Asif Zardari were not possible. However, he added, that they would strive hard to ensure free and fair polls under an independent election commission. Baloch condemned the increase in US drone attacks and urged the government to prepare a concrete strategy to stop the massacre of innocent citizens. He also asked the Chief of Army Staff General to stop following US dictates.
Baloch said that neither his party nor other political groups would participate in the all-parties conference called by MQM, which according to him, betrayed the people and did not carry out its commitments.
He said that the coalition government of PPP, MQM and ANP had brought complete annihilation to peace in the province by defying orders of the apex court and utilizing the ‘Sindh Card’ to pursue their indiscriminate aims.
The people have been left at the mercy of anti-state actors, criminals and saboteurs and their lives are in jeopardy. In an indirect reference to MQM, the JI leader said, “Citizens have been forced to live in utter fear and a state of frustration, by a political party that had pioneered the scourge of targeted killing.”
