LOWER DIR: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that free, fair and transparent general elections or the only solution to the current problems of the country.

He was addressing a public meeting at Ajoo in Talash valley here on Wednesday. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf former provincial joint secretary Rehmanullah advocate on the occasion announced to quit his party and join the JI.

About the government’s performance, Mr Haq said that the incumbent rulers virtually ruined the economy and they had failed to initiate any mega development project in the country. He said that now the economic policies in the country would be framed on the IMF dictation.

He said the presence of Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pervez Khattak and Fawad Chaudhry in PTI showed that there was no difference among PPP, PML-N and the ruling party. He said the PTI leadership had badly failed to deliver.

He said the country had been facing isolation in the world due to wrong foreign policy of the government.

The JI chief asked the people to support his party for a real change. He claimed that JI was the only political party that could bring a positive change in the lives of people. The gathering was also addressed by JI district chief Izazul Mulk, tehsil chief Maulana Javed Iqbal and Mr Rehmanullah.

Meanwhile, addressing a women’s convention in Anwarabad Balambat here on Wednesday, Sirajul Haq said the country had become financially bankrupt during the last three years because of the wrong policies of the PTI government.

Hundreds of women affiliated with JI from different areas of Dir attended the gathering. JI women wing leaders, including former MNA Aisha Syed, Bilqees Murad and others, spoke on the occasion.

Mr Haq said that prices of food items, gas, medicines and electricity increased on a daily basis in the country.

KILLED: Shah Zamin, a 30-year-old resident of Andheri, was shot dead over an old enmity on bypass road in the jurisdiction of Timergara police station here on Wednesday. Local police registered the case and have started investigations.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2021