JI announces Save the Kissan Campaign

LAHORE
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq said the ruling elite sitting in Islamabad was least interested in solving the problems of farmers due to which the JI announced the launch of “Save the Kissan Campaign” from Sunday (today) at Rahimyar Khan to protect the rights of growers' community from the capitalist and feudal elite.
Addressing a news conference at Mansoora on Saturday, the second day of the JI central Shoora meeting, Sirajul Haq said that farmers and workers constituted a big majority of the country’s population who were being ignored by the rulers. He said the JI was the party of the poor which would stand by them in all the circumstances. The Kissan Rights Movement aimed at ending the elites' rule in the country and ensuring the election of the peasants to the assemblies, he added. Sirajul Haq said the JI had decided to give an effective representation to the women in the party Shoora. Women members of Shoora will be elected by the women members (Arakan) of the party.
To a question, he said strength of all the constitutional institutions was necessary for the solidarity of the country adding that an increase in the strength of armed forces did not mean that democracy was weakening. Besides, he said that an increase in the clout of the armed forces had raised the country’s image. Sirajul Haq said it was the duty of the government to carry the Karachi operation to its logical end. However, he said the accused must be given the right of defence, but providing them a chance to flee under any pressure would be tantamount to patronising criminals.