Govt borrowed record money in 15 months: Siraj

LAHORE:Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has said Prime Minister Imran Khan is doing foreign tours frequently in an attempt to hide ‘inabilities’ and ‘blunders’ of his government.

The chief executive of the country turned a blind eye to the domestic political mess, Kashmir situation, rising unemployment and inflation for availing every chance to visit foreign countries that bring no benefit to the country, Siraj said while addressing a gathering here on Wednesday.

He said PTI government borrowed record money in past 15 months, increasing 35 percent the total debt Pakistan received so far. Similarly, thousands of youths lost their jobs in the same period and they were desperate seeing no employment opportunities in near future, he added.

On diplomatic front, he said, the government was making blunders on daily basis. It put the Kashmir cause on back burner and was unaware of the fact that New Delhi wanted to turn this land into barren, he said.

He said Pakistan was expected to lead the Muslim world but the past and incumbent rulers proved themselves loyal to the enemies of Islam. He said JI after coming to power would bring real change and turn in the country into an Islamic welfare state.

Meanwhile, JI naib ameer Liaqat Baloch, in a statement, said the process of accountability of powerful has been started in the country. He said a legal question on extension of army chief tenure had also been raised, adding the political scenario in the country was swiftly changing. He said JI would take out a historic rally in Islamabad on December 22 to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir.