Elite eating away bulk of national wealth: JI chief

LAHORE, January 24: Ameer Jamat e Islami Sirajul Haq has said that billions of rupees set apart in the budget for law and order were being spent on the security of a handful of VIPs while the life and property of the common man was not protected.
Addressing the JI workshop at Mansoora on Sunday, the JI chief said that the rulers did not think themselves accountable to anyone. Corruption and bad governance had ruined all state institutions. A lay man was shot dead in broad day light and nobody was ready to remove his dead body.
He said that the country had been made a slave of the world colonialism and foreign agencies were operating freely. CIA operative like Raymond Davis, the killer of three innocent citizens was let go and the law enforcement agencies remained helpless. The rulers were selling out vital national interests on US dictation keeping the masses in the dark.
Stating that the POL prices in the world market had come down to one third but the masses were being denied its benefit, he demanded that the price of petrol and diesel must be reduced by Rs. 15 per liter.
He said that the people whose elders had offered their lives for the creation of this Muslim homeland, were living in abject poverty while the elite were enjoying all kinds of luxuries.
Sirajul Haq said that before the time came when corruption had eaten the entire social structure, it was essential to carry out a ruthless accountability of the corrupt mafia.
He said the only way out of the situation was to recover the trillions of the public wealth lying in foreign banks and utilize the huge amount on public welfare.-NNI