Sirajul Haq urges political parties to join hands for free & transparent elections

LAHORE, Jan 11 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has said the political parties should join hand to find the way for free and transparent elections.
He made this proposal in response to MQM former convenor Dr Farooq Sattar suggestion for the unity among national leadership to bring the country out of prevailing crises.

Dr Sattar visited the JI headquarters Mansoora on Tuesday and held meeting with Sirajul Haq. The visiting leader also announced support to the JI sit-in in front of Sindh assembly against the Sindh local government law, appreciating the role of the JI role in matters of national importance.

Talking to journalists, Sirajul Haq said the people have lost faith inthe electoral system and so-called democracy. It was the need of the hour that political parties work together to restore the public trust in elections and democracy.

“People believe the elections fail to bring any change. The political parties should hold dialoguefor electoral reforms and they also introduce democracy within their own ranks,” said the JI chief, adding it seemed the PTI had made planning for digital-rigging in the next polls.

He said the PTI had virtually handed over the economy to the IMF and failed to provide any relief to the masses. Referring to the confession of the National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf that Pakistan was still under US influence, he said the atomic Pakistan of 220 million was not needed the rulers who made full surrender before Washington.

He held the two main opposition parties equally responsible for the miseries of the people. He said the PML-N and the PPP ruled over country for decades but could not bring any change. The PTI, he said, followed the track of the former governments and kept the status quo intact in three and half years. He said the politics in the provincial biasness had weaken the country. He said the country was achieved after a long democratic struggle and it could not go ahead without strengthen the democracy and democratic values.

“We should think aboutthe country by standing above of petty interests,” said the JI chief.