JI Amir calls for restoration of Bahawalpur province.

BAHAWALPUR -- Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has called for restoration of Bahawalpur province to remove the backwardness of the region and to improve the living standard of the millions of the people of the area. 'The princely state was one of the largest and richest states of British India. The nawab and people of the area had made the great contribution in form of wealth and resources to support Pakistan at time of its creation but the area saw a gradual decline in coming years and situation has reached to the level that now millions of the people are even deprived of the basic facilities of health, education and clean drinking water,' he said while addressing a huge public gathering here on Friday. He, earlier, led an anti-inflation march from Lodhran to Bahawalpur. The rally was the continuation of the JI ongoing protest movement against inflation and unemployment and other anti-people policies of the PTI government. The JI chief held the former and present rulers responsible for the plight of the masses, saying the elite ruling over the country for decades did nothing for the welfare of the public rather multiplied their own wealth by looting the resources of the country. The PTI and the PDM, he said, was continuously befooling the masses and their fight was only for serving self-interest. Both sides, he added, enjoyed...