RAWALPINDI: Emir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq while demanding fresh elections has said that the replacement of faces after success of no-trust movement against the prime minister will not bring any change.
While addressing sit-in against inflation, unemployment and corruption at Murree Road Rawalpindi on Sunday, he said that the masses should be allowed to choose their representatives through fresh and fair polls.
The JI staged sit-ins in Jehlum, Chakwal and Bahwalnagar under its ongoing
101-sit-in movement. JI Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch addressed the gathering in
Jehlum and Chakwal while JI Secretary General Ameerul Azim spoke to the
people in Bahwalnagar.
Sirajul Haq criticized the prime minister for using foul language against
political opponents, saying the language being used by Imran Khan in public
meetings did not suit to a prime minister.
The PM, he said, was using state resources to conduct public meeting and was also violating the rules of Election Commission of Pakistan by holding rallies in the areas where local
government elections were set to be held at the end of the month. He said
the prime minister had nothing on credit to show the government performance
and he started uttering derogatory remarks against the opposition.
He said the PTI, the PML-N and the PPP were the status quo parties who
failed to perform during their years long rule over country. The people of
Pakistan, he said, needed real change and Islamic system which was the
solution to their problems.
The JI chief criticized the PTI for unleashing attack on media, saying the
media supported the ruling party in the past to come to power but it faced
the prime minister wrath when it started criticizing the government
performance. He said the PTI introduced the ordinance to control the media
which even the dictators could not dare to introduce in the past. He said
the JI was standing with journalist community in their struggle for free
media.
Sirajul Haq said the three parties destroyed the economy and made surrender
before the IMF. He said the ruling elite were united to keep the country
under US influence. He said the rulers were failed to fight for Kashmir
cause. He said the JI wanted to bring real change through peaceful
democratic manner. He appealed to the masses to back the JI struggle to get
rid of the corrupt system and status quo parties.
