Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq said that the February 8 general elections will bring an end to corruption, illiteracy, poverty and unrest for the people of Pakistan.

“February 8 elections will bring prosperity for the people of the country, it will bring peace,” Haq said while addressing a rally at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.

“All the candidates that are sitting with me, they are all from the people,” he said. “I think that the poor people of Pakistan, the labourers, lawyers, capable doctors, social workers and business persons should come up,” he added.

“Today, because of the People’s Party and Muslim league, 100 million people in this country live below the poverty line,” he said.

“One prince says that my father was president, my mother was premier, my grandfather was prime minister so I should become the prime minister as it is my inheritance,” he said.

“The other says I have been prime minister three times so I should become the premier for the fourth time,” Haq said.

“I want to ask the people of Pakistan that for the past 40 years, these people have been forced on you [but] when will you respond? When will your turn come?” he asked.