Summary Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to play role of an effective Opposition in the National Assembly.
LAHORE (Online) - This was decided by the JI central Shoora at its day meeting held at Mansoora with the JI Ameer, Syed Munawar Hasan, in the chair,
“ Jamaat e Islami’s ’s policy towards the new federal and the provincial governments would not be that of “Opposition for Opposition sake” as it would cooperate in every noble task but resist every evil and sinful activity at every level, a resolution adopted by the Shoora said.
In the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, where the party was a coalition partner in the government, the JI would endeavour for reforms, according to its election manifesto.
The JI central consultative body noted that massive rigging and electoral malpractices in certain areas had rendered the polls in Karachi, Hyderabad and FATA and Balochistan doubtful and unreliable, and therefore called for fresh polls in all these areas under the armed forces’ supervision.
However, while accepting the election results as a whole, the Shoora stressed upon the new government to steer the country out of the mire of the problems created by Pervez Musharraf and the PPP government afterwards.
It also called for the trial of the military dictator for subverting the constitution, disgracing the superior courts, besides the murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti, the girl students at the Jamea Hafsa, and stressed that all ways of Musharraf’s fleeing from the country be closed.
It pointed out that besides fulfilling their promises to the nation for reforms and good governance, the new rulers would have to protect Pakistan’s independence and sovereignty, its ideology and cultural values and find quick solution to the people’s economic problems.
The Shoora stressed upon the treasury benches and the opposition in the National Assembly to jointly evolve a national policy to safeguard the national independence and sovereignty so that the nation and the parliament could play an effective role against the colonial designs of the world powers.
It assured JI’s full support to the rulers in every courageous and bold policy on this score. It also warned that if the nation’s high priorities were ignored, the national integrity would suffer heavily.
The JI Shoora also demanded a categorical declaration from the new government that the normalization of relations with India and trade would be linked to the solution of the Kashmir issue in the light of the UN Security Council resolutions guaranteeing the right of self determination to the Kashmiris, the rivers water’s issue, the Sia Chen, Sir Kreak and India’s involvement in terrorism in this country.
