LAHORE: JI emir Sirajul Haq has opposed secret ballot in Senate polls to make the electoral process transparent.

Talking to the media after inquiring after a party leader at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital here on Monday, he regretted various political parties preferred the wealthy while awarding Senate tickets.

Also a candidate for the Senate from KP, Mr Haq demanded transparent election arrangements and public ballot.

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Referring to Baldia Town tragedy, he said the nation was looking towards the prime minister and the army chief for justice. He cautioned if the tragedy of the burning to death of 259 factory workers was politicised, no one would believe in the slogans for uprooting terrorism.

He said if the PPP accepted the MQM as ally in the Sindh government just for the sake of a few seats, it would mean the party was not serious in eliminating terrorism because “with terrorists sitting on its side, the government cannot wipe out the menace”.

Published in Dawn, February 17th, 2015

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