LAHORE:Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that the silence of the NAB regarding the trial of 436 other persons named in the Panama leaks was creating doubts about its impartiality. He was talking to the media outside the parliament house on Wednesday.
Sirajul Haq said that on 17th of November last year, the JI had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the other 436 persons besides former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, named in the Panama leaks and the court had sought a report from the federal government and the NAB. He said it was almost a year now but there was total silence both by the NAB and the Supreme Court in this regard.
He said the nation wanted across the board accountability of the corrupt and the plunderers. He said that about 150 cases of mega corruption were already pending with the NAB but no action was being taken on these. He said the NAB had complete record of the people involved in corruption and misappropriation of the public money and transferring their wealth abroad but there was no progress in these cases. He said that because of this, majority of the people were of the view that a fair and across the board accountability was not being done. He said that this was a question mark on the NAB’s functioning.
The JI chief said that the PTI had come to power because of its promises for a change and for overcoming price hike and unemployment and putting the country on the path of development and prosperity. However, he said that the performance of the government during the last two months had been disappointing. On the other hand, the government had raised the price of utilities and added to the worries of the common man. He said if the people did not get any relief soon, they would not remain silent for long and added that the result of the by elections was an indicator of the public mood.
Sirajul Haq said that every new government had been saying that the public exchequer was empty due to the wrong policies of the outgoing rulers. He said that the party in power could improve the situation by proper handling of the national affairs.
Opposing the government decision to seek IMF help, Sirajul Haq said if the PTI leadership had stuck to their promise to make the country a Medina like state, and opted to abolish the interest based economy and switched over to the system of Zakat and Usher, all the economic problems of the country would have been resolved.