LAHORE, Jan 30 (INP): Secretary General, Jamaat e Islami, Liaqat Baloch, has urged the federal government to remove the reservations of the smaller provinces on the CPEC to ensure that the project proved a game changer and guaranteed the development and progress of the entire region.
Addressing the participants of the JI central training course for party workers at Mansoora , he said that the CPEC was a God- sent opportunity to get rid of the US pressure and the IMF and the World Bank hold and it must not fall prey to politics.
He stressed that the necessary measures should also be adopted to protect the fishermen of Gowadar besides the ship building industry of the area.
Liaqat Baloch said it was surprising that the PML(N) government was projecting the CPEC as launching pad for the 2018 elections although the project had been planned before the present regime took over and its completion period was spread over from twenty to twenty five years.
He said that the conduct of the Sharif family and the ruling party was before the masses and it was imperative to bring the Prime Minister and his family to accountability on priority basis while all others named in the Panama leaks must also be brought to dock and all illegal wealth recovered from them.
Liaqat Baloch said that a large number of people elected in the 2013 general elections had been named in the Panama leaks, Dubai leaks and London Leaks which also included the names of those who got their bank loans written off.
He said these politicians had been tried and tested by the nation many a time and had failed to provide relief to the masses.
He was confident that the JI would emerge as a big force in the next elections and the masses were expected to reject the corrupt elements.
Meanwhile, an eleven member delegation from Balochistan led by Maulana Ataur Rahman, and comprising heads of educational institutions called on the JI central leader and apprised him of the problems of their province especially those relating to education.
Liaqat Baloch assured the delegation of full cooperation in resolving their problems.
