Siraj ul Haq demands transparent inquiry of Karachi plane crash

Lahore : Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Siraj ul Haq has demanded the government authorities hold transparent inquiry of Karachi plane crash incident, abandoning the old practices of putting the burden of tragedies on dead pilots.

“We have always seen in the past that deceased pilots were held responsible for the plane crash incidents in official inquiries. This is unfortunate and tragic and there is need to shun these bad practices,” he said while talking to the media after visiting the family of Captain Sajjad Gul, the martyr pilot of unfortunate PIA plane which crashed on May 22 in Karachi claiming lives of 97 people on board, in DHA area of Lahore on Wednesday. He offered fateh for the martyr soul, paid tribute to the nationalistic services of the late pilot and declared him hero of the nation.

He said mismanagement and corruption were main reason behind the destruction of national flag carrier.

Meanwhile, Senator Siraj urged the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris to reopen the religious seminaries across the country.

Talking to a delegation of scholars who called on him here at Mansoora on Wednesday, he said a prolonged ban on religious education could not be placed due to fear of Crona virus spread.

Therefore, said the Senator, Madaris should resume their educational activities by following the SoPs issued by the government. He said over three million students were receiving education in religious seminaries and they could not afford further loss to their education.

He said the JI had always supported the Madaris on every issue in the past and it was also standing with them in this testing time. He warned the authorities that a massive protest movement will start against the government in case Madaris were not allowed to resume their educational activities.