JI chief urges govt to initiate talks with PTI to foil ‘conspiracy of foreign elements against Pakistan’
Says govt should consult all political parties regarding CEC appointment
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Sirajul Haq has said that fresh elections will not be acceptable without electoral reforms and demanded that the government should consult all political parties regarding the appointment of a chief election commissioner (CEC).
Inaugurating the office of an Islamic non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sanabul Khair at Wahdat Road Tuesday, the JI chief urged the government “to shake off its ego and take the initiative of announcing a date and place for talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), adding that if government-PTI talks were not resumed soon, there could be a big mishap “as the US is “conspiring to plunge Pakistan into a civil war like in Iraq and Syria”.
“A siege had already been laid down on all sides of Pakistan. India has been shelling our borders for several months, skirmishes are ongoing on the Pak-Afghan border while Iran is also not satisfied over the border situation. Such a tense situation requires complete national unity,’ said Haq.
Vowing to bring all political parties on one platform “to serve the masses”, the JI chief welcomed the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the National Assembly Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah to decide upon a CEC but added that “it was essential to take other parties into confidence as well”.
Haq said the nation wanted to know the facts regarding the allegations of poll rigging, adding that a judicial commission for enquiry into the alleged rigging “should have been set up by now”.
Haq said he would announce a road map for an Islamic Pakistan on December 25 in Karachi, adding that JI had decided to take other parties in confidence and evolve a consensus to solve the people’s problems.
The JI chief reiterated his demand to the government to make efforts for the safe return and rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) of the tribal agencies. “The tribesmen are developing hatred for the government because of the terrible conditions they have to endure,” said Haq, adding that thousands of tribesmen who had earlier crossed over to Afghanistan, had returned to the country on his request but “are still without a shelter and other basic facilities and are worried about their future”.
