LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said the government decision to sack information minister on security leak matter is ‘not acceptable to nation’.
Addressing its “Corruption free Pakistan” rally at Wahdat Road yesterday, the JI amir said that people wanted to know real culprit behind the ‘fake’ story published in Dawn. “Pervaiz Rashid does not have the courage to take such a step, therefore, his sacrifice will not hold good,” Siraj said while addressing the gathering at the end of JI Punjab three-day congregation.
Siraj said that the Panama leaks were a tale of corruption and it had the names of the Prime Minister’s children. So, how can the PM be declared innocent on this score, he asked.
He held that the government had wasted six months of the nation but neither set up a judicial commission nor initiated any enquiry for Panama leaks enquiry. “I would once again urge Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to give up intransigence and get ready for the accountability of his person and his children,” Siraj added.
Sirajul Haq highlighted that a tug of war was going on in the federal capital and the key to resolve the issue was now with the Supreme Court. He urged the apex court not resort to the doctrine of necessity, and must take a bold decision as the nation is with the court.
He further urged the court to hear the case from day to day so that all those who had swallowed the hard earned money of the masses were brought to book. He ruled out the possibility of allowing another National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
The JI chief stated that some elements wanted to drag the armed forces in politics in the present situation to serve their selfish ends but they were not sincere with the country or the armed forces. He said that the present or the past rulers should not be under the misconception that they would be allowed to digest the public money they had plundered over the years. “Every penny of the public money will be accounted for and the plunderers would have to pay for the loot as also their arrogance as they had been thinking that there was none to take them to task.”
He further said if only Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari brought their wealth lying abroad to the country, all the economic problems of the country could be solved.
JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch and JI Punjab Chief Mian Maqsood Ahmed also spoke on occasion.