Concerns must allay after passage of delimitation bill: Siraj

LAHORE: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Senator Sirajul Haq has said that after the passage of the Bill concerning the delimitations by Parliament all apprehensions should come to an end and the political parties should cooperate with the Election Commission for holding the elections on schedule.

He was talking to the media at the residence of Lt. Abdul Moed Shaheed who was martyred in a terrorist attack in Fata last week.

Sirajul Haq deplored that the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was still questioning why he had been ousted. He advised the former premier to accept the Supreme Court verdict against him with an open heart to prove his faith in the supremacy of the judiciary.

He also stressed upon the Election Commission to ensure electoral reforms before the 2018 elections so that the elections did not remain a game of the wealthy alone.

He urged the political parties not to allow the corrupt elements creepe into their ranks and kick out the black sheep who considered politics as a means to make money. He said it was high time the political parties took serious steps to facilitate the election of honest and competent persons to the Parliament.

The JI chief paid tributes to the armed forces officers and personnel laying down their lives for the country’s defence. He said that these brave men and their families were the face of the nation. He impressed upon the government to acknowledge the sacrifices of these people with an open heart and declare their families as heroes of the nation.

Sirajul Haq noted that Pakistan was the biggest loser in the US war on terror as our one lakh people including armed forces personnel had been martyred and the country had suffered financial loss over one hundred billion dollars. Despite that US president and vice president were issuing threats to the country.