Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said on Saturday that the government should hold threadbare consultations on the matter of much-touted constitutional amendment. Holding a press conference in Lahore, the JI emir said that sale and purchase of votes had become a common practice in the parliament. “This practice resumes whenever a new amendment is forced to be passed by those who actually orchestrate these moves. The politicians are made figureheads, the Supreme Court must summon those who are behind this amendment,” he mentioned.

Taking potshots at political parties, he said people didn’t have any trust in whatever political parties said, adding that mere 3 to 4 judges won’t be able to address issues when a whole parliament was unable to redress the grievances of people. He said people didn’t have access to justice in Pakistan as the judiciary lacked trust by the masses. The JI emir also condemned the martyrdom of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He also criticised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for expressing his desire for trade and friendship with India at the cost of oppressed Kashmiris.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan