All rulers responsible for people’s deprivation: Siraj-ul-Haq

LAHORE:Declaring the present and former rulers as the same bunch of capitalists working for their own interests instead of the nation and masses, Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Senator Siraj-ul-Haq said the ruling class of past and present was responsible for the country’s devastation and people’s deprivation.

Addressing a gathering of workers here Monday, he said the country could only be put on the track of development if people stood against them and oust them from power corridors with the power of vote. He said a real change could come only through free and fair elections.

He said those who came to the power with rigging could never be able to form pro-public policies. He alleged that the present government like the previous rulers also failed to fulfill the promises it made to the people of Balochistan. He said the government made a zero progress in ending culture of corruption and bad governance in the province.

He said the provincial government only spent Rs35 billion from the total Rs75 billion development budget of the province. Later talking to the media on Middle East situation, he said the US wanted to impose war on Islamic world without realising the severity of the situation. He said American war against an Islamic country would not remain confined to a specific area or region but it would engulf the entire world. The West, he said, was hatching the conspiracy of war to sell their weapons and capture resources of the Muslim countries. Addressing the gathering, JI naib ameer Liaqat Baloch said the US and allies were bent upon dividing the Muslim countries and destructing the harmony among them.

He said Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran and Qatar should sit together to form a strategy to bring the Muslim world out of prevailing crisis. He feared a new wave of violence would engulf the region due to the recent US act. Baloch said Muslim world should portray unity to counter the Western designs.

He asked the workers to start preparation for local government polls, saying the JI would participate in the elections with full strength. He said the people were showing desperation due to the government policies. He said if voted to power the JI would address the people’s problems.