Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that he would like an amendment in the constitution so that the word "minorities" was substituted with the "Pakistani community", giving a distinct and elevated status to the members of the minorities. Sirajul Haq said that the word "minorities" created a sense of deprivation and a separate entity which could be ended.
According to media cell of JI at Mansoora Lahore, he was talking to the media after the Khatm-e-Bukhari ceremony of the Jamia Islam, Hubb, Balochistan, on Sunday. JI Balochistan chief Abdul Haq Hashmi, Hafiz Muhammad Ismail, the chief of the Jamia Mufti Muhammad Zubair was also present. He said there was more corruption in Balochistan than in other provinces and added that there was no fool proof system to check the evil. He said the JI had always raised voice for the Balochistan's peoples' rights. He said that the feudal lords, vaderas and capitalists had defamed democracy in the country.
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