- Says his party can cooperate with anyone for a certain purpose
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan on Sunday categorically stated that it will not become part of any political alliance but can cooperate with anyone for a certain purpose.
“Jamaat can cooperate with anyone for a certain purpose but it would not become part of any political alliance”, Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman declared while replying a media person’s as to whether the JI would be part of the opposition alliance headed by Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Addressing a media conference, the JI Emir said the media workers were facing a host of issues such as economic crisis and press freedom.
“During my visit to Balochistan, I observed that the law enforcers were violating the laws. Some elements want to suppress the voices rising for the supremacy of law. People are missing unconstitutionally and locals are being humiliated at check posts,” said the JI chief, adding when people feel deprived, the global powers exploit the situation.
He alleged that the coalition government of PML-N, PPP and MQM, a product of Form-47, had been forcibly imposed on people, adding that tampered figures were being presented to claim improvement in the economy.
He requested the Chief Justice of Pakistan to establish a judicial commission tasked with compiling the results of the general elections based on Form-45.
A day earlier, the opposition alliance – Tehreek-e- Tahaffuz-e-Aain-e-Pakistan – held a meeting under the chair of Mahmood Khan Achakzai to launch a country-wide movement. The meeting was attended by PTI leaders Omar Ayub Khan and Asad Qaiser, Sunni Ittehad Council, chairman, Sahibzada Hamid Raza, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), acting president, Sajid Khan Tareen, Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) leader Syed Nasir Shirazi and others.
Declaring that there was no democracy left in the country, the newly formed anti-government alliance launched a new nationwide campaign, vowing that its struggle would continue till the return of democracy and restoration of the Constitution in the country.
“At this moment, there is no democracy in the country and the Constitution is continuously being fiddled with,” read a statement of the opposition alliance.
During Saturday’s meeting, the opposition gathering evaluated the current political landscape and ratified significant decisions on a nationwide movement. It was agreed to pursue legal avenues for permission to hold public rallies in Karachi and Faisalabad, denouncing efforts by local authorities to impede those gatherings.
