LAHORE, May 7: Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Syed Munawar Hasan has said that new rulers have shot a Tsunami of price hike on the nation against the electoral slogans of providing relief to the masses, while Indian government is reducing the petrol and electricity rates besides the railway fares.

In a statement on Wednesday, he said the biggest problem of the nation has been the corruption of the rulers and elite which forced the nation to the worst situation, despite that there is no dearth of resources in the country.

He said the nation has been unfortunate that none of the governments that ruled it throughout its history has proved to be real representatives of the masses by displaying sympathy towards common man and commitment with justice and human rights. He said all those who formed governments came with a mission to make money out of public resources, thus secured the future of their generations. That is why the nation has become indebted of billions of dollars while individuals in the government and their kith and kin became billionaires.

Munawar said tales of former ruler's corruption have become surfacing, showing that they mercilessly plundered public wealth. Citing one example, Munawar said one minister of MQM plundered Rs 450 billion in illegal sale of properties in Karachi. He said it was ironic that the prime minister, on one hand, has ordered inquiry into this record corruption, but on the other hand the same corrupt and fascist organization has been included in provincial government so that it could easily cover up its plunder and fascism.

Munawar said if an impartial commission was constituted to probe corruption of former ministers then billions of rupees of the looted wealth could be recovered that could not only retire all national debts but also provide much needed relief to the masses.

 
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