JI chief steps up criticism of government

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has emphasized the need to get rid of the corrupt elite as soon as possible to put the country on the path of development. Former and present rulers had turned the country into bankrupt and made the life of a common man miserable.

According to media cell of JI at Mansoora Lahore, he was addressing a reception in his honor in Jaffarabad (Balochistan). Head of the local tribe Mir Mehruulah Khan Khosa hosted the event, according to a press release issued from JI headquarters Mansoora on Monday.

"It is turning point. We have to decide now what kind of Pakistan we are going to leave for our coming generation. Only honest and dedicated leadership could bring the country out of crises."

Senator Siraj said neither the nationalist groups nor the so-called mainstream political parties who were acting as political dynasties could resolve the problems of the masses. A hide and seek game, he said, was being played with the poor of this country for decades. Turncoats could be seen in every party, enjoying the corridors of power time and again and they had nothing to do with the public issues, he added.

The JI chief lamented that inflation, poverty, unemployment and illiteracy have became the permanent feature of Pakistani society because of the rulers' negligence and bad governance. School dropout ratio was rapidly increasing, health facilities were vanished and even clean drinking water was unavailable for majority of the masses, he said.

He said the situation in Balochistan was even worst as compared to the other parts of the country. The deprivations of the residents of the province would never end in presence of the current ruling class, he said, and highlighted the need to bring the real change. He invited the locals to join the fold of the JI to turn the country into a real Islamic welfare state. He said the enforcement of system based on true Islamic values was a key to the solution of country's problems.