RAWALPINDI: Emir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq while demanding fresh elections has said that the replacement of faces after success of no-trust movement against the prime minister will not bring any change.
While addressing sit-in against inflation, unemployment and corruption at Murree Road Rawalpindi on Sunday, he said that the masses should be allowed to choose their representatives through fresh and fair polls.
The JI staged sit-ins in Jehlum, Chakwal and Bahwalnagar under its ongoing 101-sit-in movement. JI Naib Emir Liaqat Baloch addressed the gathering in Jehlum and Chakwal while JI Secretary General Ameerul Azim spoke to the people in Bahwalnagar.
Sirajul Haq criticized the prime minister for using foul language against political opponents, saying the language being used by Imran Khan in public meetings did not suit to a prime minister. The PM, he said, was using state resources to conduct public meeting and was also violating the rules of Election Commission of Pakistan by holding rallies in the areas where local government elections were set to be held at the end of the month. He said the prime minister had nothing on credit to show the government performance and he started uttering derogatory remarks against the opposition. He said the PTI, the PML-N and the PPP were the status quo parties who failed to perform during their years long rule over country. The people of Pakistan, he said, needed real change and Islamic system which was the solution to their problems. The JI chief criticized the PTI for unleashing attack on media, saying the media supported the ruling party in the past to come to power but it faced the prime minister wrath when it started criticizing the government performance. –Agencies
