Observer Report
Lahore
The Ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Senator Sirajul Haq has said that they have opted to stay away from the All Parties Conference (APC) of opposition parties because of its vague agenda. Addressing a seminar organized in memory of Maulana Abdus Satar Niazi here on Saturday, he said that the JI could not sit with those who are equally responsible with the PTI for the destruction of the country. Siraj expressed doubts the Sunday’s gathering would come forward with a clear and solid strategy to bring the country out of crises. However, he said, holding the APC was the right of the opposition parties and one could only hope it would made some positive impact on future politics. He said the opposition parties gathering must present their program before the masses. He said the two major opposition parties backed the government proposed FATF related legislation in the National Assembly and the Senate despite knowing the fact that the laws would push the country in the permanent slavery of the international powers. The PML-N and the PPP, he said, failed to play the role of real opposition and they hardly raised the issues pertaining to the plight of public in past two years. He said it had been proved that the three major parties were the sides of the same coin and representative of the class which had been ruling Pakistan for decades.