Daily Times

LAHORE: Jamat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that the 2018 elections would have to be fair, free and transparent in order to strengthen the democratic system in the country.

Addressing the JI leaders from the NA and provincial assembly, he announced that the party would launch a strong movement with public support against financial, moral, ideological and electoral flaws in the country.

He said that despite the tall claims of the federal government, the prices of essential items including food had jumped up. He said that four years of the government had already passed but the basic problems of the masses were yet to be resolved. On the other hand, the worries of the people had increased, he added.

Baloch said that the religious forces would jointly fight all conspiracies against the Islamic provisions of the constitution, especially the blasphemy law. Special programmes and seminars would be held in support of the Kashmiris freedom struggle, he added.

He said that the Supreme Court decision in the Panama leaks case should be announced by now as the delay was causing unrest among the masses, adding that the nation was awaiting a judgment that would ensure the supremacy of the law, and help wipe out corruption.

The JI chief said the main hurdles in restoration of the student unions had been martial law, hereditary politics and disorganised, undemocratic political parties.