LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday said that the country could not afford any adventure at present and the nation won’t tolerate the rule of the corrupt and dishonest people anymore.
He was addressing the central Board of the JI youth at Mansoora on Sunday. Siraj said that a class-based and exploitative system was continuing in the country through which the society was being divided. He said that the status quo had disappointed the youth.
Talented and highly educated young men were running from one end to the other in search for jobs but in vain. Lawlessness, poverty and load shedding and price hike were the gifts of the rulers as none of the governments had fulfilled its election promises to the masses.
He said the youth was disappointed because of the wrong policies of the rulers and the apathy of the rulers had made life difficult for the people. Around 6.4 youth had become addicts. And the people were forced to sell their children because of poverty.
He said that if the $375 billion of the nation lying abroad were retrieved, all the economic and social problems of the people could be solved. He once again urged the Supreme Court to ensure the accountability of all the plunderers and spare no body.
The JI chief said that a strong defence of the country required an honest leadership at the helm of the affairs that could take bold decisions on vital issues and security without yielding to any pressure.
Siraj said the Pakistani nation had rejected Donald Trump’s threats and anti-US and anti-Trump slogans were being raised all over the country. This had given a clear message that they won’t accept US supremacy under any circumstances.
He said that the US agents ruling the country for the last seventy years had been exploiting the masses whereas the general public had always protested against the pro-US policies of the government.
The meeting was attended by JIY president Zubair Ahmed Gondal, JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rahman, Hafiz Salman Butt and JIY members from all over the country.
Published in Daily Times, August 28th 2017.
