LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Engineer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the country cannot progress without the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. He stated that the rule of two families has distorted the Constitution through amendments of their own choice. Not only the judiciary but the entire system of justice has been destroyed.
The wealthy can buy justice with money, while the poor spend their entire lives wandering through courts without receiving justice. This, he said, is a system of oppression and as long as it remains in place, the dream of development and prosperity cannot be realized.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman expressed these views while addressing a reception hosted at Mansoorah under the auspices of the Islamic Lawyers Movement in honor of newly elected representatives and office-bearers of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Lahore Bar Association, Pakistan Tax Bar Association, Pakistan Business Forum, and Islamic Lawyers Movement Pakistan.
Other speakers at the event included Ziauddin Ansari Advocate, Asad Manzoor Butt Advocate, Babar Murtaza Khan, Irfan Hayat Bajwa, Sheikh Ehsanul Haq, and Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Mangat. Former office-bearers, senior lawyers, and business representatives also attended.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman emphasized that judicial independence and the restoration of the Constitution are the core points of Jamaat-e-Islami’s “Badal Do Nizam” movement. He urged lawyers to rise for the mission of restoring the Constitution and to support the movement.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that a society cannot survive on a system of injustice. Reforming the justice system is essential to correct educational, economic, and social decline. He described the current justice system as a “decaying corpse.” Those who tamper with the Constitution are appointed to high offices, while those who should be held accountable mock the courts. He added that the country has been turned into a police state, where feudal lords and capitalists exploit the public by buying influence in courts and police stations.
He further said that mafias have taken control of power such as the sugar mafia, drug mafia, flour mafia, and petroleum mafia who are exploiting the public. There is no effective accountability system. Billions are collected daily from motorcyclists, laborers, and students in the name of petroleum levy. The poor, farmers, and salaried class pay taxes, while the wealthy and feudal elite remain unaccountable and live lavishly on public money.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman criticized the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), saying that over 25,000 employees sit idle in offices, drawing billions in salaries without accountability.
He concluded that no government can face difficult challenges without public support. Given the global and regional situation, the country needs a truly representative government. He said those imposed in power are even afraid of holding local government elections and are unwilling to allow direct election of union council chairmen by the people. The same practices of buying and selling votes seen in the Senate and assemblies may spread to thousands of union councils. He urged lawyers to become the frontline force of Jamaat-e-Islami’s movement for the protection of the Constitution and the supremacy of law.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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