Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders came hard on the government on Wednesday and held it responsible for the country’s economic and political turmoil.
Addressing the scores of people from Swat valley at a public rally in the grounds of Makana Bagh, JI Chief Syed Munawar Hassan accused the government of corruption and inept policymaking.
“The substantial amounts of donations given by the international community for the militancy-hit Malakand division have been swallowed by the elite class, while the deserving people continue to suffer,” said Hassan. “The present government has set records of corruption,” he exclaimed.
The JI chief said that Swat is rich in natural resource and its people do no need any aid from the West. He claimed that if it weren’t for the government’s rampant corruption and inept policies, Pakistan today would have been self-sufficient.
Referring to the over 10,000 people reportedly missing from across the country, Hassan said, “We are facing shame in the international community because our own agencies are abducting our own people.”
Meanwhile, JI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Amir, Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, endorsed the recent remark by Lt General Khalid Rabbani that the US is making Pakistan a scapegoat for its failure to beat insurgency in Afghanistan. He said that JI has always maintained the same stance, adding that the remark should have been come from Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani if he was loyal to the country.
Referring to the Prime Minister’s conviction of contempt of supreme court, Hassan, the JI chief, termed Gilan a “former prime minister and a tale of the past”.
He said that US-led Nato forces started stumbling in Afghanistan, where, despite of 11 years of military operation, they could not get any success. The only achievement they have made in the 11 years is that they killed Osama Bin Laden.
“Osama Bin Ladin was not a name of an individual, but an ideology; and ideologies can never be killed,” he said. He added that JI will never let Nato supply routes reopen.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 10th, 2012.
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yes JI can bring islamic change in pakistan.we should support them
JI has now become no1 party in kpk with pti
In the recent past, Jamaat-e-Islami has held massive public gatherings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. InshaAllah, JI will be next provincial government of KPK.
Jamaat e Islami proved with successive massive public gatherings in Malakand that no one can ignore them in next elections at least in KPK. JI's support will decide who is going to rule KPK for next tenure. So waiting anxiously that with whom JI is going to make electoral alliance.
He claimed that if it weren’t for the government’s rampant corruption and inept policies, Pakistan today would have been self-sufficient.
Rampant corruption, AND lavish spending. Just how much is PM sahb taking to UK with him, and how are they living there? What do they get to ride? While our children are dying of hunger. People may not agree with JI's Islamist policies, but no one can deny that JI has never been involved in corruption, not a single case against it. Long Live Jamaat-e-Islami, long love honest leadership.
good point by JI cheif
One might differ with JI's any policy but cannot deny the fact that JI's leadership is not involved in corruption nor were they mentioned in the Wikileaks. There is no point in electing the corrupt leadership again and again to rule the country. Let JI be given the chance to save the country next time.
My best Wishes for Jamaat in the next elections. May we get rid of corrupt politicians and their allies who have brought misery and destruction to our beloved Pakistan.
Hilarious. JI is directly involved in making attempts to limit economic process and cause political turmoil at every turn. They should be able to blame the current government because they're the ones who are intended to make decisions but they can't because JI attempts to directly interfere at every turn while making demands. They're not in a position to dictate policy because the majority doesn't want them to. If you aren't elected you have no business speaking for the people. It's actually the complete opposite. They're directly attempting to take the peoples voice away completely by force.