ISLAMABAD Oct 3 (TNS): Jamaat-e-Islami announced on Tuesday to approach the court over the controversial Elections Bill 2017, which was passed in the National Assembly on Monday.
The recently-passed bill contains a clause which allows politicians disqualified from holding public office to lead political parties — an apparent bid by the government to re-elect ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president.
“We will approach the court over the elections bill tomorrow,” announced JI Amir Siraj-ul-Haq while addressing media in Islamabad.
“Law should rule the country, not one person or a family. A system like this just cannot work,” said the JI emir.
Speaking about the bill, he said that the entire opposition was against the bill. In fact, many members even tore the copy of the bill and protested in the National Assembly.
“All the opposition members’ speeches pointed that the passed bill is not the one that the parliament had agreed on.”
He also remarked that JI is working against corruption in the country. “We want to protect the country’s democracy, traditions and institutions.”
He added, “Corruption will no longer be accepted in Pakistan.”
While referring to PML-N leaders, he said: “If you don’t agree with SC’s verdict then you shouldn’t take the help of the legal fraternity.”
