Country cannot prosper due to handful of corrupt elite: Siraj-ul-Haq
Martyrs of the country did not lay their lives for a liberal Pakistan but a an Islamic one: JI chief
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Jamat-e-Islami’s (JI) chief Siraj-ul-Haq on Saturday stated that the country cannot due to the presence of a handful of corrupt elite. The JI leader stated that implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) was only being implemented on political and favoritism basis.
Addressing a gathering of Provincial leaders from all over Punjab at a training camp in Mansoora, Lahore, Siraj-ul-Haq reiterated that the martyrs of the country had not laid their lives for a liberal Pakistan but a an Islamic one.
The JI head stated that all of the country’s funds were being spent on VIP’s in the name of security. Haq stated that NAP was not being implemented properly but instead was being used for political gains.
Haq criticized the government severely and announced a country wide campaign to be launched against an unjust status quo, corruption and poverty in March.
The JI chief fumed that no political party had democracy but only Mughal Princes. He further added that corrupt politicians, instead of ending corruption, were bent on destroying the country’s institutions.
The JI chief also castigated the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and stated that the Commission should rectify its electoral mistakes before the coming elections. The JI leader also hinted on directing the protest campaign towards the ECP in case this was not done so.
