Siraj asks rulers to bring money back

LAHORE
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has said that unless and until the rulers brought their wealth lying abroad to the country, neither the investment here could increase nor the economy of the country could improve.
Addressing the central office-bearers of the Engineering Forum at Mansoora on Sunday, the JI Ameer said that all those who had plundered billions of the public money and deposited the same in personal accounts abroad, would have to be hauled up. He said that only a strict and indiscriminate accountability could control corruption and misuse of funds. However, he said that the performance of accountability institutions so far was not satisfactory. He said that the ruling party's promises to resolve energy crisis had proved hollow as outages were continuing despite the approach of winter. The energy crisis had badly hit the country's industry and agriculture and industrial workers and farmers were taking to the streets. As such, there was an atmosphere of despondence all over. The rulers had failed to build new dams to increase energy generation. He said that new water reservoirs were required to increase energy production but the rulers had not paid attention to that.
The government had restricted the economic activity to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor and the metro train projects only while many other engineering fields were neglected due to which the engineers were disappointed.
Sirajul Haq said the government had also failed to improve the working of education and health sectors or to improve climate for employment. In the medical and engineering sectors, only the students having millions could get admission and a poor father could not even think of providing higher education to his children. He said that a cruel and exploitative system prevailed in the country and the common man was unable to meet his basic demands. He said that in such a situation, the educated section of the society should come forward to lead the nation and get rid of the corrupt politicians and colonial agents. He said the JI had set up fora in all spheres, including doctors, engineers, lawyers, farmers and workers, which would try to improve their working and bring forward prominent people.