Jamaat-e-Islami would oppose any move to delay the general elections: Sirajul Haq

LAHORE, June 13 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Sirajul Haq has said that the Jamaat-e-Islami would oppose any move to delay the general elections.

“Elections were selection in 2018 and now the ruling coalition also wants the match fixed,” Sirajul Haq said while addressing the Election Convention at Al-Hamra Hall on Tuesday.

He regretted that the lotacracy instead of democracy was flourishing in a country which was achieved after a long democratic struggle.

The JI Punjab central chapter organized the event. The ticket holders of the JI for the national and provincial assemblies from the central Punjab districts participated. JI Deputy Chief Liaqat Baloch, Secretary General Ameerul Azim and Punjab central chapter Emir Javed Kasuri also spoke on occasion.

Reacting over different statements by the leadership of the PDM and the PPP about extension in the national assembly tenure, Sirajul Haq made it clear that the country would not run on the wishes of the rulers rather as per the constitution and will of the people.

The JI chief held the present and past governments equally responsible for the destruction of the economy, saying they could no longer deceived the masses and won their hearts. He said the budget was prepared on the direction of the IMF, making it clear that the country was still under the influence of the foreign forces and lending agencies even after 75 years of freedom. The rulers, he said, imposed the foreign agenda, paying no attention to the miseries of the common man and national interests.

Sirajul Haq regretted the government failed to identify the criminals behind the suicide attack on him even after a month to the Zhob incident. If the government was unable to find the motives behind the attack on a head of a party then what would be the situation of a common man, he questioned, saying the rule of law and administration of justice became a dream in Pakistan. He said the security situation in Balochistan and KPK was alarming where people were living in a constant state of fear.

The JI chief said the people of Karachi gave mandate to the JI but the PPP was bent upon electing the mayor, making joke of the democracy and democratic norms. On one side, he said, there were 900,000 votes and on the other side the PPP’s 325,000 votes but the ruling party insisted on its victory, he added. He said the JI would challenge the mafia and determined to fight for the rights of the people.