PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq on Saturday said the policies of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s time are still applied in the country.

The JI chief said the state of instability in the tribal belt was a repercussion of Musharraf’s erroneous policies which were still prevalent in the country and requested that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif root out such policies and assess the foreign and domestic outlook of the country.

Siraj was distributing Eid packages in Peshawar among the displaced civilian population of the North Waziristan military operation, when he said inhabitants of the tribal areas are more patriotic than the ruling elite of the country.

The JI chief said that instead of making the displaced people wait in long queues for aid the officials concerned should ensure there speedy return home.

Siraj said that his party shows solidarity with the people of Palestine and Waziristan in their crucial time.

On the subject of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, Siraj said Israel should be expelled from the United Nations while emphasisng that an international campaign against Israel should be launched.

During his visit to displaced people in Peshawar, the JI chief distributed Eid packages for 500 people.