Siraj-ul-Haq on Wednesday took oath as new Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan at an impressive ceremony at party headquarters, Mansoora. The outgoing JI chief Syed Munawar Hasan administered the oath to his successor. Talking to media after the ceremony, Haq said that five percent elite of the country had been holding 95 percent masses as hostage for the last 65 years and were controlling the resources of the country and the people would have to unite against them.
The new JI chief paid tributes to the armed forces for rendering best services for the country's defence and solidarity under most trying circumstances. He urged all political and religious parties to unite and sign a charter for running the country in accordance with the constitution, which provided a basis for evolving the society on Islamic lines, and to end dictatorial rule for forever.
Sirajul Haq made it clear that the JI was not against the US, India or any other non-Muslim country. However, it was against the US for being the biggest Taghoot (evil force) of the present era and carrying out the massacre of the Muslims all over the world. The JI Ameer appealed to the Saudi King to play his role in uniting the oppressed and disunited Muslims all over the world and also to review Saudi policy with regards to the ongoing oppressions against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the deposed Egyptian President Dr Morsi, who was the first democratically elected president.
He said that China was Pakistan's neighbour and a great friend, and the JI would like to strengthen its relations with it. He also urged the world community and the Muslim rulers to raise their voices against the tyrannies of the Bangladesh government against the JI leaders in that country.
Sirajul Haq said that JI Arakeen (members with voting right) had placed great responsibility on his shoulders by electing him as new chief of the party although there were many others in the party much better than him. He urged the JI workers to extend him every possible help for running the JI on the path adopted by the founder of the JI Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi and his successors Mian Tufail Muhammad, Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Syed Munawar Hasan.
Earlier, Syed Munawar Hasan, in his address, said that the election of Sirajul Haq was the puff of a cool breeze and the JI leadership had passed to the truly deserving and able person. He advised the JI workers to continue their efforts for establishment of the Islamic system and pass on the task to their future generations.
He also advised the JI workers to pray for the success of the government-Taliban talks upon which peace in the region depended. He said that the JI had been calling for dialogue with the Taliban from the very beginning while many parties had opposed that. However, now the Nawaz Sharif government was holding talks with the Taliban in line with the demand of the entire nation. Representatives of different religious and political parties, Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, some KP ministers, senior journalists, intellectuals and large number of JI leaders and workers were present on the occasion.
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