JI leader for withdrawal of perks, privileges to elite class

TIMERGARA: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader and former senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan on Saturday demanded withdrawal of perks and privileges of judges, generals and bureaucrats to put the country on road to progress and prosperity.

He was addressing a students’ welcome party hosted by a private college at a local wedding hall here on Saturday. The college principal Malik Shahid Khan, renowned Pushto poet Prof Bakht Zada Danish and others also spoke on the occasion.

“Pakistan is still being run on foreign dictation. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had admitted that his government could not reduce power tariffs because of the IMF,” he said. He asked youths to break the chains of slavery and be prepared for a revolution.

Mushtaq said the youths of Lower Dir had great talents, adding 70 percent of the total population in Pakistan was occupied by youths but instead of utilizing their strength, they were leaving the country in distress to seek better jobs abroad. He said that several youths had sacrificed their lives while trying to reach Europe in search of a better future.

The JI former lawmaker alleged the members of the National Assembly had increased their salaries by 1000 percent while the Punjab lawmakers had increased their salaries by 300 percent.

He demanded the government to increase the budget for education as compared to other fields as education would lead this nation toward development and prosperity.

Mushtaq Ahmad paid rich tributes to the Hamas leaders and said that their sacrifices would soon bear fruit. He said the JI had rejected the US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Palestinians should be settled in Egypt, Jordon and Indonesia.