LAHORE - Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq has said that the electoral reforms without political consensus from all sides would be a futile exercise, saying the government plan for installation of electronic voting machines (EVMs) before the election is tantamount to rig the poll through digital way. This was stated by him while addressing the JI Majlise Shoora (Executive Council) meeting at Mansoora on Wednesday.
The meeting discussed the performance of the JI in Cantonment Board Election, preparations for future polls, overall political and economic situation of the country and Afghanistan, Kashmir and Palestine situations. Sirajul Haq rejected the government proposed bill against forced conversion, domestic violence bill and other anti-religion attempts as an attack on the ideological basis of the country, warning the government to mend its way or get ready to face the protest. He also announced the JI would launch a campaign for the protection of women under Islamic laws.
He said that the JI would organise country’s youth all over the country, criticising the ruling party for deceiving the young generation in the name of “change.” He said millions of educated youth were jobless as the Prime Minister failed to honor his commitment to create ten million jobs for them. The JI chief said that there was no difference between the policies of the PTI and former government. The ruling elite, he said, burdened the country with massive loans and interest-based economy had ruined the every sector.
