RULERS, OPPOSITION DON’T WANT ACCOUNTABILITY: JI
JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI leader Senator Sirajul Haq has said that both the government and the so-called Opposition were plunderers who did not want accountability whereas the nation wanted a ruthless and total accountability. Addressing the Lahore High Court Bar on Tuesday, he said the prime minister had appeared on the TV thrice and presented himself for accountability but he had not appeared before the court even once. He said as long as the corrupt ruling elite was present, the development and progress of the country would remain a dream.
Lahore High Court Bar Association President Rana Zia Abdur Rahman welcomed the JI chief on the occasion. Secretary Bar, Anas Ghazi, also spoke on the occasion. Justice rtd Hafiz Abdur Rahman Ansari, Ch. Khalid Farooq, and JI deputy chiefs Asadullah Bhutto and Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha were also present.
Sirajul Haq that the lawyers community had played historic role in the Pakistan movement as also for the end of the dictatorship in the country, and it was time that they came forward for eradication of corruption and for bringing forth an honest and sincere leadership in the country. He said that the lawyers’ movement had thrown out Pervez Musharraf and the present rulers had become a threat to the country’s geographical and ideological boundaries.
He said that the government and the democracy in the country were in the hands of political pundits and international establishment. The true representatives of the masses could not reach the corridors of power during the last seventy years.
The disciples of the British and the US slaves ruling the country so far had been pursuing the strategy of divide and rule, he said, adding that they had kept the nation split in racial, ethnic and sectarian grouping and shattered the national unity and cohesion.
Sirajul Haq said that unjust distribution of the country’s resources and total disregard to merit had promoted terrorism in the country. When talented young men were denied their right, they got frustrated and were ready to kill others and become suicide bombers, he said. As such, wiping out corruption and injustice was vital for ending terrorism.
He said that provision of education, health justice and employment to the masses was the constitutional obligation of the government but no government so far had paid attention to these. The masses were disappointed and were in search of a savior, he said.
The JI chief said the present and the past rulers had robbed the national wealth with both hands, and deposited the plundered money abroad. He said he wanted across the board accountability including that of the PM.
Sirajul Haq said that everybody wanted a change but a change would not come with the change of rulers and government. A change was possible only by bringing forward a neat and clean leadership to power. And to achieve this goal, everybody must change himself/ herself.
He was confident that a record number of the Lahorites besides the lawyers would attend the JI’s march against corruption in the city.