Billionaire parliamentarians could not feel plight of hapless masses: Siraj.

LAHORE -- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Senator Sirajul Haq on Wednesday visited Services Hospital to inquire after the health of PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujat Hussain.

Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi briefed the visiting Senators about the health condition of his cousin. 'His [Shujat's] condition is improving fast,' Ch said. Sirajul Haq prayed that may almighty give him long and healthy life, terming the ailing former prime minister a true democrat and asset for the country.

Talking to media, the JI chief said billionaire parliamentarians could not feel plight of hapless masses. He said the poor were starving to death while the ruling elite was doing nothing except providing lip service. Holding the incumbent government and previous rulers equally responsible for the present scenario, he said now the public had no other...