QUETTA: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Sirajul Haq said Saturday demand general election in the country and urged all the stakeholders to sit together for devising a strategy for holding general elections to save the country descending into ‘complete chaos.’
Addressing a press conference at Quetta Press Club, Haq said that one Sardar of Balochistan, who was allegedly accused of killing three persons, was released on bail, but Maulana Hudayatur Rehman, leader of Haq Du Tehreek Balochistan had been kept behind the bar on false and frivolous charges.
He said that one week ultimatum had been given to the authorities for release of Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, adding that if he was not released, Jamaat-e-Islami would be at the liberty of devising its own future course of action. “Here faces are changed rather than system, therefore, JI has been struggling to change the system. JI will change the economic system of the country, root out interest system, end non-development expenditures and protocols” said he, adding that only corruption free party could end corruption.
He said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman arranged long march and staged a sit-in Islamabad against inflation, but now he was silent about skyrocketing inflation in the country. The JI Ameer said that the positions of Governors and Deputy Commissioners were burden on national kitty, hence, constitutional amendments were required for abolishing the positions of Governors and Deputy Commissioners.
The JI leader said that Balochistan had been blessed with rich mineral resources, including petrol, natural gas, uranium, gold, copper etc., but ratio of poverty, inflation and poverty was higher than other provinces of the country. He said that no foreign power was responsible for the present awkward situation of the province rather those elements were responsible of the present situation in Balochistan who had been in power since 1970, adding that Mengal, Jam, Bughti, who were having private prisons and their own courts, had been in power in Balochistan.
He said Balochistan had become a volcano and sincere steps were required to be taken for addressing the problems of the people of Balochistan.
On the occasion, JI Balochistan Ameer Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi, Quetta District Ameer Hafiz Nur Ali, Dr Ibrahim and others were also present.
