Transgender law has nothing to do with the rights of the trans community: Sirajul Haq

LAHORE, Oct 07 (SABAH): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Sirajul Haq has said the transgender law has nothing to do with the rights of the trans community rather it was an attempt to attack the ideological basis of the Muslim society.

The government reluctance to repeal the law would force the people to hold long march against it, Sirajul Haq said while addressing a protest demonstration at The Mall against the trans act on Friday. Representatives of different religio-political parties also addressed the protestors.

Sirajul Haq also warned the government against introducing amendment in Article 62 (1) (f) of the Constitution, saying the millions of Muslims had not rendered sacrificed for secular Pakistan but their objective was to establish an Islamic welfare state. The apparent fight among the ruling political parties was only for self-interests as they were all on the same page when came to matter of imposing western imposed secular agenda in the country, he said.

Religious parties, Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had rejected the trans law and the Constitution also did not permit legislation against Quran and Sunnah, he said, issuing warning to the rulers not to be the tools of the secular lobbies. If the rulers remained stubborn to their act, the nation would never forgive them, he said.

Sirajul Haq clarified the JI always wanted the trans community should be given all their rights. But, he said, the masses would not permit vulgarity in the name of any law. He said the JI would hold a long march to save the ideological basis of the country while the others held protests for their self-interests and to attain power. He said the JI would resist any move to bring damage to the Islamic provisions of the constitution. He appealed to the masses to be part of the JI struggle to transform Pakistan into Islamic welfare state.