The talk of a liberal Pakistan is a violation of the constitution: Sirajul Haq

Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has said that the talk of a liberal Pakistan was in conflict with the country’s constitution.  He was addressing a reference in memory of a renowned religious scholar Maulana Dr Sher Ali Shah at Akora Khattak on Thursday.

The JI chief said that the religious forces in the country would foil all conspiracies against the Islamic ideology.

Sirajul Haq said that the constitution provided solution to all problems facing the country and the nation. This constitution had the signatures of dignitaries like Maulana Abdul Haq, Maulana Mufti Mehmud, Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed, Khan Abdul Wali Khn and Z.A. Bhutto, and could help resolve all our issues. But unfortunately, he said, his constitution had not been enforced even for a single day.

He said that the Ulema, religious scholars and political leadership should unite for establishing the supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law and for building the country a truly Islamic, welfare state in accordance with the wishes of the founding fathers.

Sirajul Haq said that the people of the tribal areas had offered huge sacrifices for this country and had proved their loyalty to the state in spite of hard times. The JI highly valued their role in this respect. He said that the tribal people should be allowed to decide their issues by themselves and no body should dictate them.

He said that the tribal people were respectable for the nation but they were perturbed about the future of their areas. He assured them that the decision of the tribal people would be respected.