Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq said that the integrity of the leader was imperative for building a nation and if a leader was sentenced in the Panama case, the rule of law in the country would be established automatically.

Speaking with the media after the hearing of Panama case before the Supreme Court on Friday, he said that if the leader faulty, the nation as a whole would fall. “We badly need a neat and clean leadership to become a respectable nation,” he added.

The JI chief said that the rulers had been badly stuck in the Panama leaks case and there was no way out except to speak the truth.

He pointed out that several world leaders, who had been named in the Panama leaks, had tenderly apologised to their nations and some of them had even resigned. But unfortunately there was no such tradition in our country. On the other hand, it was being argued before the court that the leader enjoyed immunity.

He said that if a poor man committed a minor crime, he had to face severest punishments whereas a rich or influential person went free even after committing ‘giant’ crimes. “However, this system would not work anymore as law was made for all,” he said.

The JI chief said that the wealth in the country was in the hands of a few people, the rich were growing richer while the poor’s lifestyle gets worse.