JI chief asks govt to explain what it did with loans

LAHORE: The Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, Senator Sirajul Haq, said that the government had acquired loans of nine billion dollars during the last three years, and it must explain to the nation where and how the huge amount was spent. 

He was speaking at a reception hosted in his honour by the Lahore chapter of JI in Model Town.  The JI chief said that a few families sitting in different political parties were protecting each other’s corruption. 

Sirajul Haq stressed that all those who did not fulfill the requirements of Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution should be barred from contesting elections.  He alleged that “criminals and plunderers have taken refuge in the political parties” with the sole aim to make maximum amount of money through every possible means.  The JI chief said that several leaders sitting in the opposition were more afraid of accountability than the ruling party.