LAHORE, Apr 23: Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Syed Munawar Hasan has said that ruling alliance is ignoring to give proper attention to the pressing public problems by giving unnecessary delay to the issue of restoration of supreme court judges.

In a statement issued by Jamaat-e-Islami Media Cell on Wednesday, Munawar Hasan said masses are suffering seriously from the scarcity of Atta and its rising prices. Ruling Alliance must immediately restore the chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges in order to focus its attentions towards solving the other pressing public problems and providing them economic relief to cope with the increasing price hike.

Munawar Hasan emphasized that the longer the rulers will take to restore the judges, the more complex the situation will become for them besides the intensifying of the internal and external pressures on them. He said the delay will also allow conspiracies to be hatched against them in increasing number. He said it is condemnable that the President's House is still busy in conspiring against the restoration of supreme court judges who were unconstitutionally sacked by the president. He said if this issue of national importance was sacrificed for some expediency or pressure, it will not only create problems for coalition government and damage the ruling alliance but also strengthen the hands of a military dictator and destroy the dream of an independent judiciary.

He said establishment of an independent judiciary is extremely vital under the present dangerous circumstances and problems facing the country. He said the manner in which America and other foreign powers are conspiring against Pakistan and the intensity with which US and British officials are visiting the country in order to create further instability, can only be countered through an independent and sovereign judiciary. He said the delay in restoration of chief justice and judiciary will create hatred against the rulers and also create chaos and violence in the country.

Munawar said load shedding is causing serious damages to industrial and agriculture sectors, while scarcity of Atta has made the lives of common man worse than hell, in addition to lawlessness which is increasing. Under these circumstances it is imperative upon the rulers to give a comprehensive economic relief package for the masses, take measures for bridging power shortage and solve the problems created by war against terror through peaceful dialogue and show commitment in refusing the external pressures in this regard.

 
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