‘Feudal lords, bureaucracy protect each other; no one looks after people,’ says Hafiz Naeemur Rehman
KARACHI ( WEB NEWS )
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that a nexus of feudal lords, landlords, and the military and civil bureaucracy has taken control of the fate of 250 million Pakistanis.
These forces protect each other, whereas there is no one to care for the common people, he said while addressing one-day family training camps organized here on Thursday at Jamia Masjid Rabia Rehman in Maripur under District Keamari, and at Jamia Millia Masjid in Malir under District Airport. He further said that the current rulers and the prime minister came to power through “Form 47” and that the establishment had imposed the worst elements available in the so-called political lot on Karachi and Sindh.
He described the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as a party consisting of around 40 major feudal lords, operating on the basis of inheritance and dynasty. He added that the JI had proven that it never engaged in politics based on ethnicity or prejudice.
“We want to rid the country of the feudal and landlord system and mindset of the PPP,” he said, urging party workers to go door to door. He noted that 65 percent of Pakistan’s population comprises youth, and called on workers to make them part of the movement, with elders providing guidance and patronage. He stressed the need to activate and strengthen public committees, confront challenges with resilience, and spread the message of Islam.
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the JI not only aims to win the next elections but also to protect the vote, and to build such a strong public force that no one can steal the people’s mandate.
Talking about the issue of Palestine, he stated that Pakistan, like the rest of the Muslim world, should not send its army to Gaza. “If, under Trump’s plan, the army is sent to Gaza, it will be a decision against the country and the armed forces,” he warned, adding that any such move would be strongly resisted. “Deception in the name of peace will not work.”
Talking about the recent development in PIA’s auction, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), once a source of national pride and counted among the world’s top airlines—having even trained airlines from China, the UAE, and other countries—was destroyed due to corruption, incompetence, and favoritism by the ruling elite.
He questioned why PIA was sold at a time when it had contributed positively to the national exchequer over the past six months. “We are not concerned about who bought it; we want to know why it was sold,” he said, adding that PPP, PML-N, and PTI should all be held accountable for failing to improve the airline.
He said that ruling parties, including PPP and PML-N, continue to look toward the military and establishment for support, and that the armed forces should also answer whether they prefer thieves and plunderers. “We will not come to power through conspiracies,” he asserted. “We will come to power through open, public struggle, not underground maneuvers.”
Referring to protests in Punjab against the Local Government Act, he said that feudal lords and landlords do not want local government elections nor the transfer of powers. “This is not only a Sindh issue; it is the same in all provinces,” he said, adding that the ruling class considers itself rulers and the nation its servants. He warned that oppression divides society and that chaos, anarchy, and disorder are deeply embedded in the system. If people continue to be abandoned, he cautioned, the result will be even greater unrest and turmoil.
Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman said that following the historic participation of millions of men and women from across the country at the “Change the System” public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, Jamaat-e-Islami has launched a renewed movement with fresh determination. He noted that international delegates attending the international session of the gathering also witnessed and praised the party’s organizational strength and unity. He said Jamaat-e-Islami is not merely a political party but an ideological movement with a universal vision, striving for the establishment of Islam. He emphasized that Islam provides clear guidance on ethics, society, and all aspects of life, and that the system cannot be corrected without the practical implementation of religion.
While people are free to follow their respective schools of thought, he said, no one should declare others unbelievers. He added that Islamic movements seek change through the masses themselves.
He recalled that the Objectives Resolution, later made part of the Constitution, clearly states that sovereignty belongs solely to Allah. He said secular and liberal elements oppose this principle and work to strengthen what he termed a “taghut” (un-Islamic) system. He said that a specific ruling class uses bureaucracy to impose itself on the country and exploit the people, and this system of oppression and exploitation is the root cause of all national problems and must be uprooted.