Due to poor performance as well as actions, the govt was hell bent upon fleeing the general elections: Sirajul Haq

LAHORE, Aug 8 (SABAH): Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Sirajul Haq has said that only Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan could transform the country into corruption-free, clean and green Pakistan.

Sirajul Haq expressed these views during in an interview with a private TV channel. He said that all the parties have already been tested and that all of them were part of the government at present except him and Jamaat-e-Islami. He noted current president belongs to one political party and prime minister is from the other party while minister of foreign affairs linked to a third political party. 

Sirajul Haq maintained that due to poor performance as well as actions, the government was hell bent upon fleeing the general elections. “We are of the view that meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) should have been held too earlier,” he added.

He suggested, “Now the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should announce the date of elections as soon as possible as it will be better for the country. Caretaker prime minister should perform one and only duty of holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country. If he does so, his name would be written in golden words by the masses.”

Emir Jamaat-e-Islami went on to say that the caretaker prime minister should be impartial and honest person and added his one and only virtue towards people of Pakistan would be to hold transparent and free of rigging elections in the country.

Sirajul Haq remarked, “I don’t complain about the masses because they have been held hostage. They were held hostage at polling stations. Polling staff was held hostage too. Decisions are taken ahead of elections that who would be the winner. Which province is to be handed over to which party.”

“A number of cases were registered against the chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and he was supposed to be arrested in one case or the other as many times he (chairman PTI) himself stated in his speeches, interviews and messages that he would be arrested at all costs which finally occurred,” he said.

Sirajul Haq made it clear, “When ECP, SCP and establishment will play neutral role in the elections– the people of Pakistan would vote in favour of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan as they proved too. Jamaat-e-Islami would emerge as a major political power.”

Shedding light on the performance of Pakistan Democratic Government (PDM) during the last 15 months and the former government of PTI, emir Jamaat-e-Islami commented both had worse performance. “Now that Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is going before the nation in the elections, he has nothing to tell them about the performance of his government except that of hurling accusations against one another”.