US blaming Pakistan to hide own failure in Afghanistan: Siraj

CHAKDARRA: Urging the government to review foreign policy, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq on Saturday said that US was blaming Pakistan to hide its own failure in Afghanistan.

Speaking at a public meeting here, the JI chief demanded review and removing flaws in the country’s foreign policy. “We need a cohesive foreign policy in line with the guidelines of Islam,” he added.

He said that JI was more than ready to defend the geographical and ideological boundaries of the country.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Muzaffar Said, JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmad, deputy chief Noorul Haq, Lower Dir district chief Maulana Asadullah and others also spoke on the occasion.

Sirajul Haq said the courts did a favour to deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif by only disqualifying him, and not sending him to jail.

He said the courts decided the Panama Leaks case as per the aspirations of the people and did a favour to them, adding, “Now it is the people’s turn to return the favour.”

He said that a powerful family named in the Panama Papers leaks was held accountable and other 450 people named in the leaks was needed to be held accountable.

He alleged that the families of Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari looted the country with both hands and promoted corruption. “It is because of the two families that corruption is rampant in the country,” he went on to say.

Sirajul Haq said that former military ruler general (Retd) Pervez Musharraf also committed corruption. He claimed that Musharraf had only Rs40 million in his account, which rose to Rs2 billion after he ruled the country for years.