Internal chaos and political instability were greater threats to the country: Siraj ul Haq

Peshawar: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Sirajul Haq, has said that internal chaos and political instability were greater threats to the country than the foreign enemies. He was addressing the Ulema, madrissa students and notables attending an all Pakistan declamation contest organized by the Majlis e Sautul Islam, Peshawar, on Sunday.

Sirajul Haq said there was no other way out of the present political crisis except dialogue and the political parties should try to push the things forward with tolerance and cool mind and ensure the success of the Government-PTI talks. He said the political differences could be overcome only through political means and dialogue. If the political parties went on fighting with one another and did not adopt the path of reconciliation, the third force could step in as would bring great harm to the entire country.

He said that the break-up of Pakistan in 1971 was the biggest event of terrorism, and the national leadership must stand united to forestall the repetition of the tragedy. He also urged the religious parties and leaders not to allow their sectarian and factional differences obstruct the establishment of an Islamic, welfare Pakistan.

The JI chief said the US had done great damage to the anti-polio campaign in Pakistan which used its agents like Dr Shakil Afridi to advance its war plans for tracing Osama bin Laden.  He said the Ulema and religious scholars could play a great role in motivating the masses to get their children polio drops.

Sirajul Haq refuted the propaganda by the secular elements that the Quaid e Azam wanted Pakistan to be a secular state, and pointed out the Quaid e Azam had on more than one hundred occasions, clearly stated that the Pakistan would be an Islamic state and the Quran and the Sunnah would be its constitution. He said the JI was determined to build the country an Islamic welfare state in accordance with the Quaid’s vision which would be free from exploitation and inequality. He was confident that the masses in the country would inflict a deadly blow to the present system based on exploitation and tyranny.