Siraj says Asif Zardari should accept PPP’s defeat as people stand with JI

KARACHI (HRNW) Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq said on Sunday that Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari should accept the defeat of his party as the people supported the JI.

He said that Hafiz Naeemul Rehman would become the mayor of Karachi as he was the right choice for the post.

Addressing the workers in Karachi, he said the Jamaat-e-Islami wanted an Islamic system in the country adding the JI wanted to establish the law and order in the country.

Mr Haq said the progress of Pakistan was linked with the safety of Karachi adding corruption was rampant in the country.

He said the JI had votes of 0.9 million while the PPP only possessed 0.3 million votes while claiming they still wanted the PPP to win.

JI chief said Karachi would be established on the lines of Istanbul as a developed city mentioning the resources would be spent in the city while adding there was lack of leadership that resulted in such sad state of affairs.