LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq has said if court verdict in Panama case is given against the prime minister and his family, it will mark the beginning of the nation’s drive against “crocodiles in the sea of corruption”.

He was speaking at an election-related convention organised by the Punjab chapter of the party here on Sunday.

He said even if the coterie of the corrupt and dishonest leaders hid themselves behind the cover around the Holy Ka’ba, they would be searched out and every penny of the plundered money would be recovered from them.

He said the actual place of the corrupt rulers was (Rawalpindi’s) Adyala jail, adding that even the “international establishment” won’t be able to protect them from the public wrath.

He wondered why the party that had distributed sweets on the formation of the JIT was shedding tears now, a reference to the ruling PML-N.

Mr Haq said although the rulers were expert in rigging and corruption, they won’t be able to hoodwink the electorate in the next elections.

“The masses will make the next elections the Judgment Day for the Raymond Davis’ kins who had handed over Dr Aafia Siddiqui, Yousaf Ramzi and Aemal Kansi to the US.”

He denounced the US decision of declaring Kashmiri leader Syed Salahuddin a terrorist. He regretted that for Washington, Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Shah, Yasin Malik, Asya Andarabi and young men embracing martyrdom for Kashmir’s liberation were also terrorists. He said that Kashmir was Pakistan’s issue and whoever betrayed the Kashmir cause was a traitor.

JI General Secretary Liaqat Baloch, Dr Farid Piracha, Mian Maqsood Ahmed, Zubair Gondal and Ahmed Bilal Soofi also spoke on the occasion.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2017