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Business Recorder
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
JI warns govt against using PECA
LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has emphasized the need to curb fake news but warned the government against using the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) as a cover to advance its malicious agenda. Talking to a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) led by its President Kazim Khan, he stressed that freedom of expression must be safeguarded at all costs. He announced that the JI would fully support journalist community in their struggle against the PECA law. 'Jamaat-e-Islami will participate in all journalist-led activities against the PECA Act.' The CPNE delegation included Secretary General Ghulam Nabi Chandio, Senior Vice President Ayaz Khan, Deputy Secretary Tanveer Shaukat, Chairman Media Freedom Committee Irshad Arif, former Secretary General Ijazul Haq, and Punjab Joint Secretary Waqas Tariq. JI Secretary General Ameerul Azeem and Information Secretary Shakeel Ahmed Turabi were also present at the meeting. Rehman stated that while the nation is currently unified and motivated following Pakistan's recent victory against India, laws like PECA would only breed unrest and disunity. He urged the government to immediately withdraw PECA and initiate broad-based consultations to draft new legislation through national consensus. Praising the role of Pakistani media during the recent India-Pakistan conflict, he said, 'Our media displayed professionalism and responsibility, unlike the Indian media which became a global laughingstock.' Kazim Khan and other CPNE delegates remarked that prior to the conflict, campaigns were being run against Pakistani media accusing it of irresponsibility and undermining national security. However, after the war, government and military spokespersons publicly acknowledged that Pakistani media acted with remarkable responsibility. Even the DG ISPR expressed gratitude to the media for its role. The JI leader also raised the issue of timely and fair salary payments to media workers, to which Kazim Khan agreed and assured that CPNE would include this demand in its official agenda. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Sikh delegation meets Hafiz Naeem
LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has warned that if India does not refrain from aggressive actions, Pakistan will not be able to provide any guarantees of peace. Speaking during a meeting with a Sikh delegation on Monday, he said that the Pakistani nation will not accept any compromise on the Kashmir issue and stressed that the dispute should be resolved in accordance with United Nations resolutions. He emphasized the importance of fully implementing the Indus Waters Treaty, stating that India's water aggression must be dealt with decisively and permanently. The Sikh delegation expressed happiness over Pakistan's recent strategic success and appreciated Jamaat-e-Islami's firm stance. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
26-01-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
JI to resume nationwide protest on January 31
KARACHI: Months after striking an agreement with the government on public demands and pledging to keep an eagle eye on its promises, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced the resumption of its nationwide protests. JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman revealed the decision during a news conference held at Idara Noor-e-Haq, JI's Karachi headquarters, on Sunday. He said that the protest campaign, beginning on January 31, will focus on a single-point agenda of providing relief to the masses, particularly by reducing electricity bills. He said that ironically the successive ruling regimes in the country, with opposite ideologies and agendas, always shun their differences when it comes to their own monetary interests or supporting mafias in the country. He elaborated that the heavy, exuberant vertical rises in salaries of parliamentarians as well as the issue of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are evident in it. He added that the wheat mafia and sugar mafia were sheltered in the recent past, whereas a crisis is looming large over the cotton sector as once against the mafias in the sector is being sheltered. Focusing on the IPPs, he said that the sector was always showered with blessings and IPPs were given Rs1 trillion relief in taxes. The JI emir asserted that JI's campaign compelled the government to renegotiate contracts with IPPs, yet the public had not benefited. "The nation wants to know where the impact is," he said, emphasizing the need to pass on these benefits to the people. He stressed that the government should have transferred the benefits of the cancelled and reviewed Independent Power Producers (IPP) contracts to the public. "Since the government has shown no interest in doing so, the JI will intensify its agitation campaign with greater force and determination." He asserted that the government must reduce electricity prices and revise its policies to prioritize the welfare of the underprivileged. He demanded the government reduce electricity bills, end excessive taxation, reduce the petroleum levy, end perks for the privileged class, and relief for the salaried class. He urged the nation to join the JI's campaign instead of waiting for their turn to receive a fatal blow by the governmental policies. On the occasion, Naeemur Rehman strongly condemned all those political parties who voted for a 140 per cent rise in the salaries of parliamentarians. He highlighted that the rise was okayed at a time when 40 per cent of the country's population was living under the line of poverty. Addressing the PECA ordinance, he slammed the legislation, saying that while JI does not condone fake news or incitement against Pakistan or Islam, political dissent should not be suppressed under authoritarian pretexts. He expressed solidarity with the media, questioning the government's intent in bypassing consensus to impose the ordinance.
