Changing the order: JI promises to plead Sindh’s case
Party leaders tell workers’ convention that corruption is responsible for dismal situation in province
Haq said the government has formed a committee headed by the chief secretary to permanently resolve service structure and up gradation issues of provincial government employees. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has vowed to plead the case of Sindh both inside and outside parliament.
The pledge came at the concluding session of the party’s workers’ convention at Bagh-e-Jinnah near the Quaid’s mausoleum.
Tens of thousands of party workers from across the province attended the two-day convention.
“The Pakistani nation has consistently been looted over the past 70 years and while man has conquered other planets, people in Pakistan are deprived of even their basic rights and just livelihood opportunities,” said Haq.
Criticising the ruling elite, the JI leader said that they were just running after monetary benefits, instead of pursuing the collective goal of national development and prosperity.
The JI, he said, is trying to create a peaceful and prosperous Islamic Pakistan.
Advising the masses to revert back to the Islamic way of living, he urged the people to seek the guidance of the Holy Quran in their daily lives.
“The JI is not an ordinary political party, but a revolutionary movement, struggling to clear the way for a peaceful Islamic revolution,” he said.
Terming Karachi a model city, he said that it surpassed all cities in the country in terms of revenue generation, academic, industrial and intellectual excellence, but the country that was run by incapable leaders who had ruined the metropolis.
Stressing the need for restoring basic infrastructure in Karachi and Sindh, he said that it was crucial for ushering in an era of peace, prosperity and progress.
“Corruption in Islamabad, Hyderabad and Karachi is responsible for the dismal situation in Sindh,” he said.
Warning the federal and the provincial governments to mend their ways, he urged the leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to disclose the basis of their offshore assets.
People all over Pakistan are calling for initiating a transparent probe into the Panamagate scandal, he said.
Expressing JI’s determination to fight for the rights of workers and other oppressed segments of the province, he advised the people to discharge their responsibilities with honesty and integrity.
Meanwhile, JI chief in Sindh Dr Merajul Huda Siddiqui said that Sindh was being neglected.
Karachi, previously known for its robust economy and security, was plunged into darkness and insecurity.
“The JI will not only rekindle the lights of Karachi, but also work to restore the province’s lost glory,” he vowed.
According to him, the JI will fight for Karachi’s rights and wage a struggle for Sindh’s progress and development. He said that if voted to power, his party would ensure 100 per cent literacy rate in Sindh.
“If the party is voted to power, we will set aside as much as 10 percent of Sindh’s total budget for the education sector and grant at least 1,000 scholarships annually,” he said.
Promising to undertake massive agricultural reforms in the province and doing away with usury, he pledged to provide interest-free loans to farmers.
“The JI will work to turn Thar green again in the first five years of JI rule in the province,” he said.
Earlier, chief of JI Karachi chapter Hafiz Naeemur Rehman also talked about the political vacauum in Karachi and Sindh.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2016.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has vowed to plead the case of Sindh both inside and outside parliament.
The pledge came at the concluding session of the party’s workers’ convention at Bagh-e-Jinnah near the Quaid’s mausoleum.
Tens of thousands of party workers from across the province attended the two-day convention.
“The Pakistani nation has consistently been looted over the past 70 years and while man has conquered other planets, people in Pakistan are deprived of even their basic rights and just livelihood opportunities,” said Haq.
Criticising the ruling elite, the JI leader said that they were just running after monetary benefits, instead of pursuing the collective goal of national development and prosperity.
The JI, he said, is trying to create a peaceful and prosperous Islamic Pakistan.
Advising the masses to revert back to the Islamic way of living, he urged the people to seek the guidance of the Holy Quran in their daily lives.
“The JI is not an ordinary political party, but a revolutionary movement, struggling to clear the way for a peaceful Islamic revolution,” he said.
Terming Karachi a model city, he said that it surpassed all cities in the country in terms of revenue generation, academic, industrial and intellectual excellence, but the country that was run by incapable leaders who had ruined the metropolis.
Stressing the need for restoring basic infrastructure in Karachi and Sindh, he said that it was crucial for ushering in an era of peace, prosperity and progress.
“Corruption in Islamabad, Hyderabad and Karachi is responsible for the dismal situation in Sindh,” he said.
Warning the federal and the provincial governments to mend their ways, he urged the leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to disclose the basis of their offshore assets.
People all over Pakistan are calling for initiating a transparent probe into the Panamagate scandal, he said.
Expressing JI’s determination to fight for the rights of workers and other oppressed segments of the province, he advised the people to discharge their responsibilities with honesty and integrity.
Meanwhile, JI chief in Sindh Dr Merajul Huda Siddiqui said that Sindh was being neglected.
Karachi, previously known for its robust economy and security, was plunged into darkness and insecurity.
“The JI will not only rekindle the lights of Karachi, but also work to restore the province’s lost glory,” he vowed.
According to him, the JI will fight for Karachi’s rights and wage a struggle for Sindh’s progress and development. He said that if voted to power, his party would ensure 100 per cent literacy rate in Sindh.
“If the party is voted to power, we will set aside as much as 10 percent of Sindh’s total budget for the education sector and grant at least 1,000 scholarships annually,” he said.
Promising to undertake massive agricultural reforms in the province and doing away with usury, he pledged to provide interest-free loans to farmers.
“The JI will work to turn Thar green again in the first five years of JI rule in the province,” he said.
Earlier, chief of JI Karachi chapter Hafiz Naeemur Rehman also talked about the political vacauum in Karachi and Sindh.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2016.