Code of conduct is very important but the nation should not be stopped to speak, under its guise: Hafiz Naeemur Rehman
ISLAMABAD, Dec 03 (SABAH): Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the code of conduct is very important but the nation should not be stopped to speak.
These views were expressed by Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Hafiz Naeemur Rehman at the Youth Gathering Program of Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan in Islamabad Convention Center on Tuesday.
He said the rulers talk about economy but are not providing internet, adding the economy will not strengthen by shutting down the internet while we need uninterrupted internet. There is not a single representative of 10 crore poor people in the Parliament, 80% of the parliamentarians are billionaires while they do not know the problems of Pakistan, he added.
Alkhidmat Foundation organized a Youth Gathering in Islamabad on the International Volunteers Day. Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman congratulated Alkhidmat Foundation on this International Volunteer Day. Alkhidmat is running programs in eight areas of life, working for the welfare in disasters, health and orphans affairs, he added.
He said Alkhidmat is helping other orphans with Aghosh, adding it is doing a great job. It is providing scholarships to children in education, no other NGO in the world has started a program like Alkhidmat’s Bano Qabil program, adding this program has been started only by Alkhidmat, he added.
He said it is the duty of the state to give free education to the children but here the private sector has taken this burden. There should be uniform education system in the country and the medium of education should be Urdu as the national language is Urdu and education is in some other language, he added.
Second language has been imposed on Pakistan because of which we are going backward, no country has progressed by teaching in second language, he said. The constitution is not being implemented. Urdu should have become the official language of Pakistan by 1988, he said and added court hearings should also be conducted in Urdu. The Supreme Court is violating its decision even today the judgments are being given in English, he added.
He said that the potential of the youth should be utilized, adding people can become rich because of their efforts while Islam also provides opportunities to the poor. Based on the ability, everyone gets equal opportunities, because of this, they can move forward. He said being rich is not wrong but the poor should not be exploited as Islam is the code of life.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman condemned the government’s actions, stating that it is not only depriving citizens of their livelihood but also attempting to curtail democratic freedoms by restricting and banning access to the internet.
He emphasized that the people of Pakistan require uninterrupted internet access. He described the government’s tactics as unbearable, adding that Jamaat-e-Islami would resist these measures.
He criticized the government’s approach, stating that instead of fostering growth in the field of Information Technology, it has resorted to using firewalls to control internet access. He argued that this was not only depriving the youth of employment opportunities but also leading to increasing frustration and desperation.
He further pointed out the state’s failure to provide affordable, quality education, with millions of children unable to attend school due to poverty. Hafiz Naeemur Rehman highlighted the disparity between the education systems, one for the rich and one for the poor, stating that this system was deepening the divide between the two classes. He accused the ruling elite of monopolizing state resources and depriving the people of even their basic needs.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman also criticized the country’s interest-based capitalist economy, calling it incompatible with the principles of Islam. He reaffirmed Jamaat-e-Islami’s commitment to establishing an Islamic system in Pakistan, one that would offer hope and opportunities to the youth. He called for the election of true representatives of the people, as opposed to the current parliamentarians, who he said do not represent the common citizen. For this transformation, he urged the people of Pakistan to join Jamaat-e-Islami’s movement, pledging that the party would lead the struggle to establish a genuine Islamic welfare state.