Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Chief Senator Sirajul Haq has opposed the election of two Senate seats from the federal capital and said that this was against the spirit of the Senate elections on the basis of parity between the provinces.
Addressing a gathering of experts from different walks of life at Mansoora on Sunday, Sirajul Haq said that the parity formula helped to raise the federation on a strong footing. However the present quota of two senate seats from Islamabad adversely affected the constitution of the Senate.
He therefore, demanded that the present procedure of electing two senators from Islamabad should be changed and the elected assembly members from all the provinces should be given equal weight so that the sense of discrimination in the provinces on this score could be eliminated.
Meanwhile, while addressing the concluding session of the JI central workshop at Mansoora, the Ameer JI said that it was tragic that the secular and liberal elements holding power in the country were tolerating the molestation of minor children like Zaiban and Asma but were not ready to accept the enforcement of the Shariah. He said that if the punishments under the Shariah ( Hudood), were enforced, the crimes like murders, dacoities, thefts, and molestation of innocent girls could be stopped.
Sirajul Haq said that the Shariah did not only mean punishments. It also laid down an elaborate system for the look after of the orphans, widows and the elimination of oppressive economic system founded on interest. The Shariah also provided for a uniform education system instead of the present class based education system besides provision of basic health facilities and employment to the citizens, and the dispensation of inexpensive and quick justice to the masses.
Siraj opposes two Senate seats from federal capital
LAHORE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN - 2014/11/21: Siraj-ul-Haq, head of Islamic Political Party Jamat-e-Islami, addressing the congregation during the JI party convention in Lahore. According to media reports, tens of thousands of JI workers and supporters from the country and abroad are attending the three-day convention of Jamat-e-Islami has that started November 21 to 23 at the foot of Minaar-e-Pakistan monument. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)