Sirajul Haq rules out joining hands with opposition alliance

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Senator Sirajul Haq ruled out the possibility to join hands with the opposition alliance, saying the people have already tested the parties and had no trust in them.

He said the so-called mainstream political parties supported every move of the government in the past two years and this time too they do not pose any threat to the rulers. The JI leader said though PML-N, PPP and the military rulers have left no stone unturned to damage the institutions for establishing their personal rule, yet PTI broke all previous records of bad governance.

The JI believed there was no difference between major opposition parties and those ruling the country, he said while addressing a press conference on the occasion of joining the JI by a Sialkot-based politician Hafiz Khawar Mirza along with his supporters at Mansoora on Friday.

Siraj said people had fully recognised the agents of status quo and were no more ready to give them any other chance. He said the entire politics of JI revolved around the objective of transforming Pakistan into a real Islamic Welfare State. The JI is set to launch a full-fledged campaign against inflation and interest-based economy. A committee has already formed to chalk out plans for public rallies and organise the masses to bring real change in the country, he said. He welcomed Hafiz Khawar and other political workers from Sialkot in the ranks the JI. Meanwhile, JI naib ameer Liaqat Baloch said the interest-based economy, corruption and massive debts were the real hurdles to the country’s development.