Jamaat-e-Islami criticises President's visits to France and UK

The visit of President Zardari to King's palace in France is tantamount to sprinkling salt on the wounds of the flood affected people but the rulers seemed to be devoid of any sense of shame or humanity, Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, said here on Friday.
The JI chief said that the Pakistani nation was facing difficult situations one after the other. The 2005 earthquake caused heavy losses of both life and property. Subsequently, around five million tribal people were forced to leave their homes due to military operations and now the torrential rains and floods had killed thousands of people. Crops over lakhs of acres of land had been washed away and the business of the people had been destroyed.
In such a dismal situation, he said, the rulers were busy in photo sessions, setting up fictitious relief camps and issuing bogus cheques. The President was busy in joyrides abroad, visiting his palaces purchased with the looted national wealth. He said as the government and the bureaucracy had abandoned the flood affected masses in distress, the nation could face the calamity with a sense of unity and dedication. He said, the JI workers and Al-Khidmat Foundation volunteers were busy providing relief to their brethren in distress thinking it a religious duty.
Karachi, he said, the mini Pakistan, had no government. The tug of war between the ruling parties and the tussle for grabbing lands and areas had made the life of the Karachi people miserable. The police and the rangers were helpless and were protecting the criminals and killers instead of the citizens. The property of the poor people was being burnt as the PPP government both in the centre and the Sindh province was being blackmailed by the MQM.
He said the Karachi situation could be controlled only through rule of law and by cleansing the port city of arms and ammunition. While Jamaat e Islami Secretary General, Liaquat Baloch, has congratulated the position holders in the matriculation examination of all the eight education Boards in the Punjab and said the brilliant youth were the pride of the country.
In a statement here on Friday, he said the grand success of these students was the result of their own hard working under the supervision of their able teachers and their parents. He also felicitated the parents, the teachers, and the heads of their institutions. He expressed the hope that these students would continue their hard work so as to achieve prominence in their academic career and later serve the nation and the country in the best possible manner.