LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Emir Sirajul Haq has said the politics of the PDM, the People’s Party and the PTI is wholly dependent on the support of the establishment.

Addressing a press conference at Mansoorah on Wednesday, Sirajul Haq said the statements by the leaders of the ruling parties showed the powerful institution was still providing them back one way or the other, though the latter announced its impartiality and neutrality.

He said the ruling troika was badly engaged in the fight for the protection of self-interests without paying any heed to the problems of the people who stood in queues in every city to purchase flour. The PDM, he said, was the continuation of the PTI rule and failed to fix the crises. He said mismanagement and corruption were the major issues, and the seriousness of these problems could be gauged from the Geneva Conference, where the world leaders repeatedly emphasized upon the need for transparency in flood relief funds.

Sirajul Haq said the inflation was unstoppable, and the government could not resolve the issue of rising unemployment. He said the prices of basic commodities went more than 100 percent high in the last few months. He said the IMF was pressuring the government to further increase the electricity, gas and petroleum prices. He said the JI had launched a countrywide protest campaign against inflation, which will continue until the people get relief. He said the ruling elite made their properties and shell companies, keeping the masses deprived of even clean drinking water. He said millions of children were out of schools due to poverty, and over 80 percent population lacked access to clean water. He said the past and present governments destroyed the economy and every other sector.

To a question, Sirajul Haq replied the MQM factions were merging due to the fear of defeat in Karachi local bodies polls. He said the people of Karachi will reject both the MQM and the People’s Party in the elections.

Deputy Chief of the JI Pakistan Rashid Naseem, Emir JI Central Punjab Javed Kasuri, Secretary Information JI Qaiser Sharif, President Business Forum Pakistan Kashif Chaudhry and President JI Kisaan Chaudhry Shaukat Chadhar were also present on the occasion.