Politics entered into closed alley due to PDM & PTI polices: Sirajul Haq

LOWER DIR, July 23 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has said the politics entered into closed alley due to the policies of the PDM and the PTI.

The ruling parties, he said while addressing a public gathering here on Saturday, were directly responsible to economic and other crises and they must seek public apology on their behavior before the situation turned from bad to worst.

If 35 years of Pakistan were destroyed by the dictators, the so-called democratic government ruined the remaining 35, he said.

The JI chief said the political parties came into power with the backing of the establishment. The practices to steal the public mandate and to impose governments on the basis of liking and disliking backfired every time, he added.

He said that the people must be given free and fair choice to elect their leadership, adding that only Islamic system could save Pakistan now. He appealed to the masses to reject the tested parties and prefer Jamaat-e-Islami to bring real change.

Sirajul Haq said the powerful people broke the law and felt unanswerable to anyone. The corruption was rampant in the absence of any accountability system in Pakistan, he said.

It seemed the courts were not feeling it necessary to ask to hold those accountable who looted billions of rupees and stashed their wealth in foreign accounts and shell companies, he said, adding the judiciary’s inaction over Panama Leaks and Pandora Papers were the examples of it.

He said the economy was on the verge of collapse due to ill-conceived policies of the incumbent and past governments. The IMF, he said, had virtually taken control of the national economy. He said the decisions about Pakistan were being taken in the closed rooms of Washington.

He said the assemblies turned into horse-trading centers where loyalties of the elected representatives were being purchased with different tactics. How those politicians who involved in the purchasing and selling of the elected representatives could lead the masses, he questioned.

The ruling parties exposed once again and they had been creating embarrassment for Pakistan in all over the world, he said. On one side, he said, masses were starving to death due to inflation and poverty while on the other side rulers were constantly fighting for protection of self-interest.

The JI chief said Pakistan could not go ahead without establishing rule of law and sustainable and clean democratic process. He said the feudal lords and corrupt imperialists won the election with the power of their wealth. This drama must end now, he said, adding the country and public could no longer afford the dirty practices.