JI chief lambasts government over Balochistan miseries

Says education and health facilities are next to none in the province

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said the main problem of the country is that its individuals are stronger than its institutions.
“These people are the biggest obstacle in the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution,” said the JI chief while addressing a public gathering in Killa Saifullah, Balochistan on Sunday. Senior JI leaders were also present on the occasion.

Haq said that this powerful group did not believe in merit or in any principle.
“Despite the fact that Balochistan is full of natural resources, its people are living in poverty and their children remain illiterate,” he said.

He warned that if the problem of water shortage in Balochistan was not solved, its people would be compelled to migrate to other provinces.

Criticising the incumbent government, the JI chief said, “The rulers in Islamabad have not fulfilled their promises made with the people and no revolutionary plan has been made for the uplift of the province.”
He said corrupt people were plundering billions of public money while the man on the street was deprived of even two square meals a day, adding that the current system was disappointing the people.
Haq highlighted that Balochistan was supplying gas to other provinces while its people were deprived of it. Load shedding was being conducted for longer hours as compared with other provinces and education and health facilities were next to none.
He said the government was paying no attention to the closure of Friendship Gate in Chaman, which had rendered thousands of people jobless while several traders and businessmen had been affected by the suspension of trade.
“People queued up for hours in the elections with the hope that the new government will solve their problems, but after being elected, the so-called people’s representatives did not even bother to inquire after the affairs of the voters.

“On the other hand, they framed such policies which have increased the miseries of the people,” said the JI chief.
Separately in Lahore, JI Secretary General Liaquat Baloch said, “A Muslim leadership which abandons religion and basic morals is destined to become corrupt and cruel.”
The JI secretary general was speaking at a programme titled ‘Choice of Leadership’ at Mansoora.

He said the leadership of Muslim countries was not completely free like those of other non-Muslim countries as they had to stay within the boundaries laid down by the Quran and the Sunnah.

He said, “The political parties of Pakistan always talk about democracy but never allow it to prevail in their own ranks due to which there is political instability, vendetta and intolerance.”
Baloch said the PTI government appeared to be failing in addressing the challenges faced by the country as at the very beginning of its tenure prices of all commodities had increased along with the rate of unemployment.

“The government’s credibility is in question as it is approaching the International Monetary Fund for a bailout, which is contrary to its election promises,” he added.