LAHORE: Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Sirajul Haq has said that JI’s war was not against any individual, but against corruption.
Talking to the people from his home at Jandol, He said that JI woul
d chase the corrupt ele
ments till the menace was wiped out fro
m the country.
He said that certain ele
ments were trying to give a personal touch to JI’s struggle against corruption, making people believe that the party was against the government.
He clarified that JI wanted ‘across the board’ accountability but it would like the process to begin with those who had used their official position for personal gains instead of the welfare of the general public.
“We want the Prime M
inister and his family to face accountability first so that nobody could say that the rulers were above accountability”, he argued.
“To those who believe that Panama leaks would yield nothing, I would ask them to wait for a few days, and I am sure the court would
not disappoint the nation. The corrupt would definitely be held accountable,” Sirajul Haq said.
He added that approaching the Supreme Court against corruption was
not degrading for anybody. The JI chief also said that all those who had used their official positions to achieve personal ends should be in a jail.
