Nothing has changed in new Pakistan, PTI harping on same tune of 'all is well': Siraj.

Byline: Mohammad Hussain Khan

HYDERABAD -- Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan's emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said that people had voted for Imran Khan 14 months ago with great hopes and sincerity but unfortunately nothing has changed in the new Pakistan and masses continue to face the same grim conditions that were prevalent in PPP and PML-N regimes.

Haq said at different programmes in the city here on Friday that economic indicators were quite dangerous but the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was harping on the same tune of 'success in exports sector'.

He said that no country could make real progress on the crutches of International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Pakistan would develop only after the country rid itself of interest and loan-based economy and focused on agriculture sector.

He said that Pakistan was facing 'dictatorship' today. Those who announced decisions did not often know where the actual decisions were taken, he said, adding that all the people who were part of past governments were now in PTI except Pervez Musharraf.

He said that Hyderabad was the third largest city of Pakistan at the time of independence of the country but now it had slid down to 15th place or even lower.

Destruction in economy, education and infrastructure was quite evident in the city which had created despondency among the people.

He said that traders and business community had always played significant role in the progress of a country and most of the companions were leading businessmen in the State of Madina who played a dominant role in the achievements of the nascent state.

He praised traders for two days of successful strike which had brought what he called incompetent and arrogant government to its knees. The Pakistan ideology was never implemented over the 72 years of its existence, interest-based financial system was ruling the roost and an outdated education system was still in existence.

Mr Haq said that political system too had not been reformed over the decades with the result that every big swindler was considered a big politician in the prevalent system. Islamic system was bracketed with maulvis and was believed to be limited to a few punishments for adulterer, murderer and thief which ensured protection to life and property, he said.

He said that corruption, unemployment, poverty and interest-based system were necessary offshoots of IMF and World Bank loans while an Islamic state was like a mother who supported the weak and ensured their...