JI chief calls for COAS appointment on pattern of CJP.

ISLAMABAD -- Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) emir Siraj ul haq has said there is not a single precedent available in the world that political parties hold such hectic exercise for the appointment of chief of army staff. 'Politicisation of important institutions is dangerous to the country. The JI always called for the appointment of the army chief on the pattern of chief justice of Pakistan. It will permanently put the rumours and clashes to rest,' he said this while addressing the Islamabad Bar association on Saturday, adding, he was glad the PTI chairman backed his proposal. haq said the JI was approaching the political parties for holding dialogue on civilian supremacy, electoral reforms and establishment's neutrality from political process. he said a new social contract was needed on the three-point agenda. he said the major political parties were acting as clubs of feudal lords and capitalists, lacking basic structure of internal democracy and elections. People, he said, reached to the parliament on the basis of wealth and power. he said rigging held in election and the...