LAHORE: A number of workers of the PPP, PML, PTI, ANP and some religious parties announced their joining the Jamaat-i-Islami here on Sunday.

JI deputy chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees welcomed them in the party folds and presented them sets of books, says a press release, which doesn’t name the newcomers.

It quoted Hafiz Idrees as saying that the JI is not hostile to any party. Instead, it respected all others and invited their workers and leaders to study the manifestos, past record and assess the leadership of all parties to ascertain which of them is capable of bringing about a change in the homeland.

He said the country at present is mired in corruption and only an honest leadership could pull it out of that.

He said the JI could not compromise on corruption and other malpractices and it was inviting everybody to support its efforts to achieve a corruption-free country that could help solve all the problems being faced by the masses.

Published in Dawn January 16th, 2017