Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that Pakistan is surrounded by problems like inflation, unemployment and lack of education. The JI supremo expressed these views while addressing thousands of students, appearing in an aptitude test for BanoQabil program. The test was held at Karachi’s iconic Nishtar Park, here on Sunday.
Hafiz Naeem said 2 crore 62 lakh children are out of schools. It has become difficult for poor people to send their children to universities for higher education. He said 98 percent of people have no opportunity for education. Speaking on the occasion, he told the youth that the corrupt system of governance in the country enabled a minority hyper elite class to rule over it.
He held the corrupt system responsible for all the miseries of the nation and urged the youth to support the JI in it’s struggle against the corrupt system.He said that 90 percent of the members of legislative assemblies are trillionaires, whereas 98 percent of people are unable to find a way to prosperity.
He further said that even education has been pushed away from the reach of lower and middle economic classes in the society. Nations don’t progress if the education sector is made a business and unfortunately this was the case in Pakistan, he said.He added that the education budget for the Sindh province is more than 481 billion. However, he said, not even a single Pakistan People Party leader or anyone, belonging to the secretariat, is willing to send his or her children to any public school for education.
The JI supremo further said that the people have been kept deprived of basic necessities, including water and electricity.Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the feudal lords in the assemblies would not be allowed to decide the fate of masses.Talking about the contribution of the JI in the education sector, he said that the BanoQabil program has been expanded across the country from Karachi.
He added that in the next two years, the free Information Technology courses will be offered to one million young people.One the occasion, he announced that the JI will be offering degree courses as well in the days to come.JI Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar, Alkhidmat CEO Naveed Ali Baig and others also addressed the participants of the graceful ceremony.
