Country needs transparent elections and true democracy: Siraj.

LAHORE -- Saying the country needs transparent elections and true democracy, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has called for initiation of dialogue among the political parties to achieve the objective.

Talking to journalists along with MQM former convener Dr. Farooq Sattar at Mansoora on Wednesday, Senator Sirajul Haq said the present government started crying foul even after passage of 22 months in power, breaking the tradition set by its predecessors who had made the same noise after completing their tenures.

He said the prime minister seemed confused and least concerned in resolving the problems of common man. He said the country witnessed flour, sugar and petrol crises in past few months, proving the ruling party's inability to run the affairs.

The so-called main opposition parties, on the other side, were not raising the genuine issues facing the country. Infect, he said, one of the main opposition parties was trying to save its provincial government while the other engaged in settlement of cases against its top leadership.

It was proved that the so-called mainstream parties failed to deliver each time they came to power, he said. They lacked vision and their leadership belonged to the...

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