Sami accuses ousted PM of inciting masses

NOWSHERA: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq on Sunday criticised deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and accused him of inciting the people against the state institutions.

Talking to reporters at his seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Maulana Samiul Haq said he was amazed at Nawaz Sharif’s slogans of revolution as he had been a hurdle in the way of positive changes in the constitutional and democratic system in Pakistan.

“Nawaz Sharif has done nothing for the people during his four-year rule and suddenly has started talking about revolution when he was ousted on corruption charges,” the JUI-S chief said.

Maulana Samiul Haq said Nawaz Sharif had blocked the passage of the bill presented in the National Assembly by the Muttahida Shariat Mahaz for enforcement of Islamic law in the country.

“Nawaz Sharif had told the religious leaders that met him the bill could be passed if it did not disturb the existing social, political and economic system in the country,” he recalled.

He also expressed concern over the Pakistan Muslim League-N leadership’s intention to remove articles 62 and 63 from the Constitution, saying that such acts would invite the wrath of Allah. The JUI-S chief said that his party would resist any move to remove the Islamic articles from the Constitution.