Remarks about ‘aliens’ may jeopardise polls: Siraj

PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) head Senator Sirajul Haq said on Sunday that the statement of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif about aliens and the disclosures of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan about the role of the hidden hands in 2013 general elections could a threat to the next polls.

He asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove shortcomings to restore the trust of the public in the polling process.

Addressing a function at a local seminary in Chamkani and later talking to reporters, he said that viable peace was linked to the establishment of the Islamic system. The JI head said that nobody could stop the way of the Islamic revolution after the revival of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). He claimed the alliance of the religio-political parties would win the upcoming general election.

Sirajul Haq expressed displeasure over the non-allocation of budget for the 2.5 million students of the religious seminaries in the country. He demanded a budget like the students of universities, colleges and schools for the seminary students.

Sirajul Haq rejected the allocation of only Rs10 billion for the tribal areas in the budget and said a huge amount should be spent on the development of Fata. He added the JI was the first political party that launched political activities in tribal areas and demanded rights for the people of Fata.

The JI head said the country was facing a host of problems and challenges because of the incompetent rulers who are responsible for the dismemberment of the country in 1971 as well as the growing insecurity and law and order situation in the country for the last many years. Sirajul Haq said certain politicians were talking about the role of hidden hands in the last general election. “This should end now and people should be given their right to choose their representatives without the involvement of any other factor,” he said.

The JI provincial general secretary Abdul Wasi, Sabir Hussain Awan and others also addressed the function.