JI wants Dr A Q Khan to be caretaker PM

KARAK: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Senator Sirajul Haq, has suggested appointment of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadir as caretaker prime minister to hold free, fair and transparent elections in the country.

He was addressing a public gathering at the Shuhada Park in Takht-e-Nusrati, Karak district here on Sunday. The JI chief claimed that several government ministers were unaware of the basic teachings of Islam. They cannot be expected to implement Islamic system in the country, he added.

Senator Sirajul Siraj said the country’s rulers were unaware of the Islamic teachings and had become the stooges of the USA. He said his party always discouraged the culture of horse-trading and added that the JI parliamentarians retained their integrity in the recent Senate election. The JI chief said the country needed a sincere leadership to put the country on the road to development in true sense.

Sirajul Haq deplored that politics had been turned into a business, adding people would get the fruits of politics only when it was practiced along Islamic lines. He said if voted to power, the JI would give special allowance to elderly citizens and treat major diseases like cancer free of cost in hospitals.

The JI chief said free ration including ghee, sugar and other foodstuff would be provided to underprivileged people. Provincial JI chief Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, district president Maulana Tasleem Iqbal and PK-86 candidate of JI Rehmatullah also spoke to the gathering.