Siraj ul Haq expressed concern over price spiral on first Ramazan

Lahore : Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has expressed deep concern over the price spiral on the very first day of the Ramazan and said this would further hit the millions of poor people already affected by the corona virus.

In a statement here on Saturday, he said that if the government failed to control the situation, the profiteers and hoarders would deprive the poor people of the last morsel of meal with them.

Sirajul Haq said the JI had at the very beginning, suggested to the government to arrange two weeks ration for the poor before lock down but nobody cared. He said that due to lock down, all business activity had come to standstill. Businessmen, wage earners and workers were facing starvation. There was despair all around while the government circles were silent. The government did not have any data for the distribution of relief
fund, he said.

The main issue, he said, was not of resources, It was of the distribution of the available resources. He said the government had not heeded to the idea of sitting with the opposition for devising a joint line of action for overcoming the challenge. He said there was no harmony between the centre and the provinces.

The federation and Sindh were blaming each other for their
failures. Deploring the ministers’ statement against the opposition,
Sirajul Haq said this was a time to forge unity among the nation
for effectively meeting the situation caused by the corona virus.

He directed the JI and Al_Khidmat Foundation volunteers to
fan out in their areas and provide every possible help and relief to
the deserving during the sacred month of Ramazan.