PTI fails to fulfil promise of inexpensive justice: JI chief

Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said the PTI came into power with a slogan that it will ensure provision of efficient and inexpensive justice to all but it badly failed to fulfill its promise in 14 months of rule. In a statement issued from JI headquarters Mansoora, he said the Jamaat-e-Islami wanted a ruthless across the board accountability and was demanding from the day one that all the 436 persons named in Panama Leaks should be summoned by the courts.

He said the supremacy of law and provisions of quick justice to all were the keys to success of any government. Therefore, he said, the government could save its skin only if it ensure across the board accountability. The JI chief expressed concern over the bad economy, saying traders were worried and closing down their businesses due to directionless government policies. He said the national exchequer faced loss to billions of rupees due to strike of the business community. He said the price of petroleum was going down in the world but the process was reverse in Pakistan where the Ogra sent a summary to increase POL prices every month.

Senator Siraj regretted the situation of farmers who were worried about the paddy and sugarcane crops which were ready for harvesting but they were finding no buyer and good prices. He said the owners of sugar mills yet to pay the dues of the farmers' last year crops. He said the government had burdened the agri farmers with massive taxes but unable to provide them relief. He demanded government ensure good prices of sugarcane and paddy for the farmers. He lamented the government seemed active in fulfilling the conditions of the IMF instead of providing relief to the masses.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019