Lahore: Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the government tried to create chaos by placing tankers and barriers at various locations to block the participants of Haq Do Balochistan Ko march, and by arresting workers. However, the participants peacefully removed the obstacles and continued their journey and they are using their Constitutional right of peaceful protest, he said.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman expressed these views said during a telephonic address to the participants of the long march. He said that if the country had a constitutional and democratic government, political workers would have been welcomed along the way. 'We salute the political struggle of the long march participants,' he added. He said Jamaat-e-Islami workers have never taken the law into their own hands or resorted to vandalism. The government should stop using cheap tactics and allow people to exercise their constitutional rights, he said.

Blocking the path of democratic forces only empowers terrorists and ethnic nationalists, he warned. 'We are in contact with the government. The committee formed by the government is in touch with Jamaat-e-Islami's committee comprising Liaqat Baloch and Ameerul Azeem,' he explained. 'On one hand, the government is in contact with us, and on the other, it is obstructing the march,' he said.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that those being forced to protest through sit-ins are true representatives of the people of Balochistan. Jamaat-e-Islami records its protests within constitutional boundaries, he said and added if the government, administration, and responsible institutions are unwilling to listen to the people, then they do not deserve to rule, he asserted.

He noted that the people of Balochistan are traveling hundreds of kilometers to Islamabad to voice their demands and seek solutions to their problems. It was the government's duty to facilitate the marchers, but the rulers consider engaging with the people an insult. He said this situation reflects the failure of the government and institutions, and the burden of this failure should not be placed on the public.

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the participants of the long march have set out to advocate for the rights of all tribes, communities, and ethnic groups in the province. The rulers must remember that if they block the path of democratic forces and those who believe in the Constitution of Pakistan, they will create space for undemocratic nationalist forces and terrorists, he concluded.