KARACHI: Central Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has strongly criticised the 26th and proposed 27th Constitutional Amendments, terming them attempts to place the judiciary under executive control.
Addressing a press conference, he said the 26th Amendment dealt a serious blow to judicial independence, while the 27th aims to establish executive dominance.
“Through the 27th Amendment, the government seeks authority to transfer high court judges — an attempt to impose executive control over the judiciary. Such moves are an assault on both the Constitution and democracy and will never be accepted,” he asserted. He said that ‘vote-buying politics’ in Azad Kashmir had shaken public confidence in the democratic system.
On the controversial e-challan system, Hafiz Naeem clarified that JI was not opposed to challans themselves but to the corrupt and faulty procedures being used. “In the past nine months, 50,000 vehicles have been snatched, yet no challan was issued for these crimes,” he noted, lamenting that the Safe City Project had been pending for 12 years. “No cameras have been installed to catch murderers or robbers, but cameras for e-challans appeared overnight.”
He highlighted the disparity in fines, saying: “A challan that costs Rs200 elsewhere is Rs5000 in Karachi.” He added that with no viable public transport, over five million motorcycles ply the city’s roads.
The JI chief said inflation had increased by 1.75 percent according to official data, while the education sector continued to decline. He proposed free IT education and graduation programs to help Pakistan achieve an IT export revolution within five to seven years.
Rejecting ethnic-based politics, Hafiz Naeem said Karachi had suffered from linguistic divisions for four decades. He announced that JI Sindh leaders would work alongside people of rural Sindh to fight injustice and bridge ethnic divides.
Criticizing the delayed BRT Red Line and K-IV water projects, he said they had become a curse for Karachi’s citizens due to endless delays.
Referring to the JI’s upcoming grand convention from November 21 to 23, he said a movement to dismantle the prevailing corrupt system would rise from Lahore. He described the event as the largest gathering in Pakistan’s history.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
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