Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday said his party’s train march would continue till end of corruption in the country.
Addressing JI workers, Haq said that country’s existence was endangered due to corrupt leaders and if an independent investigation commission was not formed to hold a probe into the Panama Leaks issue, then people would take to streets and head towards Islamabad.
The JI chief said that the participants of train march could also march on Islamabad if the menace of corruption was not taken care of. He said that the purpose of the train march against corruption was to awake people against corruption and corrupt people, adding that it was high time to eradicate corruption and bring corrupt to justice. Haq also demanded protection of women and minorities.
The JI chief urged the government to hold unbiased probe into the Panama Leaks issue.
“The train march aiming to eliminate corruption from the country has entered into second phase as it has left for Rohri from Lahore. The supporters have passionately participated in the march for combating corruption,” he said of his party’s march.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s train march will reach Karachi on May 27. The JI chief will address public gatherings on 51 train stations during the journey.
Earlier, the train march reached Lahore after passing from Rawalpindi, Wazirabad and Gujranwala. Jamaat-e-Islami workers gave a warm welcome to the train march at the Lahore Railway Station.