Jamat Islami chief Sirajul Haq said Wednesday that the acceptance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI’s) lawmakers’ resignations by the National Assembly would deepen the political crisis and impediment the political jirga constitued to tackle the political situation.
Talking to reporters after inaugurating Aaghosh – a project of Al-Khidmat Foundation for upbringing of orphan children in Mansehra – Haq said that the tug of war in Islamabad was only for “party and personal gains and had nothing to do with the common man’s interests”.
“The JI Ijtema next month would be a revival of the Pakistan movement,” said Haq.
“My advice to political leaders to rise above party and personal interests and begin war against poverty, ignorance, price hike and unemployment fell on deaf ears,” said the JI chief, who headed the negotiations between the government and anti-government protestin parties to overcome the recent political impasse.
Al-Khidmat Foundation President Dr Hafeezur Rahman and JI provincial chief Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan also spoke on the occasion. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Malik Iftikhar Ahmed, PTI’s Altafur Rahman and others announced their support for JI at the occasion.
“It is shameful that while non-Muslims are providing education and jobs to the youth, the Pakistani young men with degrees in their hands are running from pillar to post in search of jobs,” said Haq, adding that such problems would not have arisen if an Islamic system prevailed in the country.
The JI chief said that he was the first man to support the Hazara province, adding that there was no harm in creating more administrative units but added that JI was opposed to divisions of provinces on ethnic basis.
Haq deplored that even after the passage of 60 days, no agenda has been given by the rulers nor have electoral reforms been initiated.
“We don’t want reforms dished out by the bureaucracy. The reforms should be acceptable to the masses.”
