LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that the nation failed to understand what had forced the PTI government to approach the IMF in total disregard of its election promises.
Addressing the central office bearers of JI’s sister bodies at Mansoora on Wednesday, he said that the fresh loan would be a heavy burden on the coming generations.
He said had the PTI government stood firm on its election promises and tried to stand on its feet, Allah Almighty would have definitely provided it a respectable way out. He said the only way to get rid of the loans was to introduce the Islamic economic system and abolish usury. He said that according to government’s own statement, a huge sum of 8 billion dollars was being paid only as interest installment. He said that fresh loans would further increase the burden of interest.
The JI chief deplored that instead of cutting down the government expenses, more ministers were being added to the federal cabinet after every three or four days.
The JI chief stressed upon the government take the parliament and the nation into confidence regarding IMF loan. He said that the high hopes of the people from the PTI had dashed to the ground. He said the government itself had promised a big headway during first hundred days but so far there seemed to be no progress and the problems of the people were increasing.
He said that if the accountability process was continued and steps were taken to retrieve the plundered wealth lying abroad, the confidence of the masses in the rulers could be restored.
Sirajul Haq directed the office bearers of the sister bodies to go ahead with their programmes of public service and strive for creating an awakening among the masses that no change was possible without the introduction of the Islamic system.