Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Siraj-ul- Haq, has appreciated the Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s address to the UN General Assembly.
Talking to the media, after the JI Ijtema in Bahawalpur on Sunday, he said that Qureshi courageously presented the nation’s stance to the world exposing India’s involvement in terrorism in this country.
He said that New Delhi’s stance on Kashmir was totally baseless and it would have to get out of there soon, as the Kashmiris and Pakistani nation are not ready to tolerate India’s hold on Kashmir.
Criticising the government on the recent price hikes, the JI chief said that contrary to its election promises, the PTI government has begun its first 100- day agenda with increase in the prices of essential items, thereby adding to the worries of the masses.
He said that almost half of the government’s first 100 days period is over and with this speed of doing things; the government won’t be able to complete its agenda.
He said that the Finance Minister’s statement that the country’s economy required bye-pass has sent a wave of unrest among the people. It was evident that the government has decided to go to the IMF for fresh loans which would add to the burden of the general public.
He said that the price hike would affect the poor and the middle class, as the elite and the VIPs would not be hit.
Sirajul Haq further said that the previous Bahawalpur state had been a most fertile and prosperous state and Pakistan was greatly indebted to the rulers of Bahawalpur State. However, he said that the demand for the revival of this state was being pushed to the back burner.
The JI chief deplored that the new generation was being driven away from its elders due to the promotion of the western culture.
Referring to the profane caricatures’ issue, he said there had been world wise protest over these caricatures. He said the JI has arranged a Jurist conference on the issue of caricatures and a four member committee headed by the former Chief Justice Iftekhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been constituted to decide a line of action for ending this trend.
He said the JI also planned to hold Jurist conferences in London and Geneva to draw the world attention to this mischief and representatives from all over the world would be invited to the moot. He said that efforts would be made for an international law against profane paintings and caricatures and the desecration of the holy personalities and the revealed books.
Published in Daily Times, October 1, 2018.