Siraj terms Centre-Sindh row a bad omen

LAHORE

Ameer Jamaat-e -Islami Pakistan Senator Sirajul Haq has said if centre and the Sindh government fail to resolve the impasse over the Karachi operation, the achievement made so far will also be undone.  Addressing the concluding session of the JI central workshop for party workers at the Mansoora Thursday, he said centre-Sindh row was not a good omen and no side should make it a point of ego. A large number of women workers participated in the workshop, which was also attended by JI Deputy Chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees. 

Speaking on a large-scale human smuggling, the JI chief said this could be stopped only by overcoming the problems of poverty and unemployment. He said a large number of youth searching for jobs were falling in the hands of human smugglers. He said responsibility of this situation lay with the rulers who had thrust upon the people an exploitative system and made it difficult for the masses to get basic necessities of life. 

The POL prices in the world market have fallen to a record low but the government is not prepared to give any relief to the masses. Sirajul Haq said rulers holding the state institutions as hostages and utilising these for personal or family interests were responsible for the worst form of corruption and trampling upon the Constitution had become a habit of the rulers.

The JI chief welcomed the National Health Programme announced by the prime minister but added that the practical scheme for its implementation had not been made clear so far. He doubted the success of this programme like the failure of Kisan package announced by the premier months ago.