- Says Chief Justice’s remarks have endorsed JI’s stance that elections in the country were a fraud
LAHORE, October 14: Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that the remarks of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court were a slap on the face of the so-called champions of democracy ruling the country.
Addressing the heads of JI’s sister organizations at Mansoora on Friday, he said that the Chief Justice’s remarks were based on hard facts and had endorsed JI’s stance that elections in the country were a fraud as the feudal lords and capitalists manipulated the elections due to their wealth and the masses did not exercise their vote with free will.
Sirajul Haq said that corrupt people invested billions in elections and on being elected, minted trillions through loot and plunder. As such, the worst form of dictatorship besides monarchy had been continuing in the country in the name of democracy for the last seventy years. The rulers were trampling upon democratic values as all state institutions were facing destruction due to the self centered policies of the people in power.
He said the Election Commission had failed in implementing its rules and regulations and in these circumstances, the masses would have to review their attitude, and if they wanted to get rid of the tyrants and exploiters, they should support the JI.
The JI chief said there were about a dozen institutions to control corruption which had huge budgets. However, he said that corruption had increased with the passage of the time because of the plunder of the rulers.
Criticizing NAB, he said NABs provision for Plea Bargain was itself a major cause of corruption. He appealed to the Chief Justice to take suo moto notice of the working of the NAB and other anti-corruption agencies.-Sabah
