Veteran Liaqat Baloch is replaced with young Ameer ul Azeem

Lahore : Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has appointed Amirul Azeem as the new Secretary General of the JI for the next five years. The appointment has been made with the consultation of the newly elected Shoora members of the JI. Amirul Azeem has served as Information Secretary of the JI.  Earlier, he has been the chief of the Islami Jamiat e Talaba. 

Eight new Naib Ameer (deputy chief) of the JI are Liaqat Baloch, Prof. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Rashid Naseem, Asadullah Bhutto, Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, Mian Muhammad Aslam, Dr Meraj ul Huda Siddiqui, and Abdul Ghaffar Aziz.

These office bearers took their oath at a simple ceremony held at Mansoora, on Friday morning.

Two elderly deputy chiefs of the JI, Prof. Khurshid Ahmed and Hafiz Muhammad Idrees declined to accept the office of the JI deputy chief for the next term on account of their ill health. The JI Ameer accepted their excuse. He paid rich tributes to their valuable services for the JI. He said that the two elderly leaders had devoted their lives for the JI and the Islamic revolution in the country. He expressed the hope that the two would continue to their patronage for the JI.

Meanwhile, the JI Ameer, while, addressing the Friday congregation at Mansoora mosque, said that the country had experienced the presidential system of government for 37 years since Ayub Khan.  Ziaul Haq and Pervez Musharraf had also enjoyed full powers. However, the problems of the country had not been solved. He said the people who were arguing in support of the presidential system now were unaware of the country’s history. He said the problems facing the country and the nation could be solved only under the Islamic system which had not been tried in the country even for a single day.

Siraj ul Haq said that a gang of thieves managed to come into power in the name of democracy again and again, and protected each other’s corruption. He said the present government had made accountability a joke.

The JI chief said that with the approach of the Ramazan, the prices of eatables were rising but the government was not taking any step to check price hike. The government had also failed to provide any relief to the people for far. He demanded that the prices of the food stuff be brought to the previous level before Ramazan.

JI Information Secretary  Qaisar Sharif said that the JI Ameer would announce the names of new Deputy Secretaries General of the JI on Saturday, at the conclusion of the JI Shoora. He will also announce the future line of action of the JI.