ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Jamat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeem has said that everyone including Army, Judiciary and Politicians must be accountable.
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that people related to General Retired Faiz Hameed are saying that he has crossed his Jurisdiction, if anyone including army, politicians, bureaucrats and judiciary has crossed the Jurisdiction, they should be punished in the limits.
Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman while addressing the Public gathering has said that if democracy is to be promoted then democratic attitude must be adopted. Pakistan has a constitution, every institution should follow it and work according to it. .
Regarding the leaks scandal, Rehman accused the elite of amassing wealth abroad while governing Pakistan, calling for transparency regarding their foreign assets and demanding accountability from politicians, bureaucrats and military officials.
The 52-year-old graduate of NED University of Engineering and Technology, Hafiz Naeem has risen to the top slot of the party, which was founded over 82 years ago in Lahore, before Partition.
Hafiz Naeem, who was born in Hyderabad and moved to Karachi after matriculation, turned out to be an active political activist from his teenage years and became the IJT chief in 1998.
He entered mainstream politics in 2000 when he formally joined the Jamaat after years of student activism. He then climbed through the ranks to become the emir of JI’s Karachi chapter in 2013.
During his decade-old leadership of the party in Karachi, Hafiz Naeem became a strong voice not only of the JI but was also often seen as the leading campaigner for the city and its rights.
From campaigning against inflated power bills and excessive power outages in Karachi to the movement against the real-estate giant Bahria Town demanding justice and “true utilisation” of Karachiites’ hard-earned money, Hafiz Naeem became a household name of Karachi politics.
His growing popularity helped the JI stage a strong comeback in electoral politics, first in the Cantonment Board elections in September 2021 and then in the local bodies election in January 2023.
