LAHORE: Reiterating his claims of “polls rigging”, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq on Sunday claimed the newly formed federal government was a sham as it came into being through manipulated results and demanded an audit of the recent elections through an independent judicial commission.
“To bring stability in the country, the institutions should abide by the Constitution and their oaths,” Siraj told the media in Lahore.
The JI chief regretted that those with Form 45 were on the streets and the ones with Form 47 were busy distributing portfolios.
“Earlier votes were snatched away, but now results are stolen.”
Siraj maintained that there would be no improvement in the country with the force of “guns and sticks” and the institutions would have to accept the decision of the people.
He continued that there were no smiles on the faces of the so-called winners in the recent elections. “They can’t even congratulate each other.”
Claiming that everyone was aware of the reality, the JI chief demanded an election audit by an independent judicial commission.
Siraj demanded that the chief election commissioner should resign.
He claimed that the mandate of the JI was stolen.
“The issue is not about winning or losing, it is about violating the sanctity of the vote.”
The JI chief pledged to continue the struggle for the rights of the people in every nook and corner of the country.
In a post shared on social media platform X last month, Siraj denounced the purported electoral rigging, labelling it a direct affront to the integrity of the vote and public sentiment.
Describing it as the most egregious instance of rigging in Pakistan’s electoral history, he claimed that results were manipulated in favour of the PML-N, PPP, and MQM-P, particularly highlighting the situation in Karachi as akin to robbery, not mere theft.
Expressing his firm stance against such manipulation, the JI chief declared his personal participation in the protest in Karachi, emphasising that the robbery of the people’s mandate was unequivocally unacceptable.
In December last year before the general elections, Siraj had maintained that February 8, 2024 – the date for the polls — was going to be a “day of salvation” for the nation as “anti-people parties” would fall flat on their faces.
