JI’s Naeem terms govt’s cruel policies incompetence, corruption

Rawalpindi: Amir Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman Tuesday said that the cruel policies of the government are not constraints but incompetence and corruption.

Speaking to the participants of the sit-in at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, JI Amir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman stated that the spokesperson of 250 million people of Pakistan has completed this sit-in for five days. It has risen hope among people of Pakistan. It rains at night, and it is the season of humidity, despite all the difficulties, the participants of the sit-in are persistent.

He added that our sit-in is to give relief to the people. It is not possible anymore for any class to pay electricity bills. People can't educate their children with heavy bills; the government has imposed 18 percent tax on basic food items.

Amir JI further said that the industries are shutting down as a result of the cruel policies of the government.

Hafiz Naeem also stated that ministers declare that they cannot talk to Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The IPP agreements started during the era of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). They say that the terms of the agreements with IPPs cannot be revealed.  They can burdenise people, but cannot bring IPPs contracts to people.

He further added that they are using RLNG because they have made illegal contracts. They announce bidding at wrong time, it is their incompetence. Why can't they announce that no government vehicle will be more than 1300 cc? They say it is not possible, but now the government will have to do it.

The political leader continued to say that Jamat-e-Islami Karachi has decided to start a sit-in in front of the governor's house from tomorrow. In Peshawar too, they will sit in front of the gate of the governor and chief minister's house. We will continue to spread the sit-in in the entire country and this chain will not stop.

Amir Jamat-e-Islami said that the government has put an additional burden of taxes on the salaried class who are already paying their huge share. The job of Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) is to increase the tax net and collect taxes legitimately. FBR has 22,000 employees, it is doing corruption by taking advantage of everything.

Hafiz Naeem continued that through FBR there is corruption of Rs1,001 billion. We have a complete roadmap with us. We will see who will stop us from progress. We have to get rid of these people. The scope of the sit-in will continue to increase, the more the government will delay it. There will be sit-ins all over Pakistan.