Siraj slams caretaker govts over poll failure

JI chief says election the only solution to Punjab's woes

LAHORE:

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday slammed the caretaker governments in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, saying that they failed to fulfil their constitutional duty of conducting elections within 90 days of dissolution of the assemblies.

Addressing a news conference, the JI chief said that stemming from the decision of a three-member bench of the Supreme Court, an election was announced in Punjab, but it also got controversial because all stakeholders were not on the same page.

Siraj highlighted how the federal government had its own narrative, the apex court its own order, and the Election Commission of Pakistan was pointing out its own difficulties.

He lamented that the province was in severe turmoil.

He said that terrorism had increased in K-P, while the rupee depreciated, and the national debt increased.

“We believe that heading to the election is the only solution to the problem,” he added.

He claimed that the caretaker governments were doing everything they should not be doing.

“We don’t want Pakistan to become Libya nor Syria due to the political chaos,” the JI chief said, adding that bread was out of the reach of the common man due to an increase in its price.