JI for long-term planning to steer country of crisis

LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that long -term planning was required to steer the country out of the present mess and the services of every talented person should be utilized for this cause.

Addressing the central Planning Committee of the JI at Mansoora, he said that there was no dearth of resources in the country however the leadership lacked vision and proper panning due to which the problems had multiplied.

He said that the masses could not be misled through catchy slogans and promises for long.

Sirajul Haq said that as Pakistan was an ideological state, its progress and prosperity was dependent on the implementation of the ideology upon which it was secured.

He said that in the elections, only the faces changed but the policies remained the same. Therefore, he said, a long term planning was essential. These plans should not be abandoned with the change of government as it implied wastage of huge resources besides precious time.

Sirajul Haq reminded the JI Planning committee members that the upbringing and education of every individual of the country on Islamic lines was essential for bringing about the Islamic revolution. Therefore, every individual must be acquainted with basic Islamic teachings and made to abide by these. He said that the reformation of the institutions was possible only through the reformat ion of the people.

Speaking on the occasion, chief of the JI Planning committee, Rashid Naseem, said that the committee had been regularly preparing annual as well as five year plans and the progress on these plans was continuously monitored. He said that the JI had already prepared plans till the year 2028 which provided solution for all the problems being faced by the common man.

He pointed out that the role of each and section of the society especially the women and the youth was highly important for the Islamic revolution.