Lahore (pr): ‘Representation of the people of Pakistan is a prerogative of only

those individuals who have a firm belief in the Ideology of Pakistan.’ This was

stated by Ameer of Tanzeem-e-Islami, Hafiz Akif Saeed, at Qur’an Academy

Lahore during the Friday Sermon. He said that criticism of Articles 62 and 63 of

our constitution by ex-members of the parliament was absurdly inconsistent with

their eagerness to take oath under the same constitution after winning the polls.

He remarked that all MPs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan took oath of

allegiance to uphold and protect the Islamic premise of its constitution, which was

at the heart of founding the nation.

Commenting on the news about rejection of nomination papers of journalist Ayaz

Amir, he said that if Mr. Amir believes that the raison d'état for the creation of

Pakistan was other than Islam, then he should refrain from running for the

parliament and save himself the trouble of taking oath under the country’s

current Islamic constitution. He questioned the integrity of such ‘intellectuals’

whose remarkable hypocrisy was demonstrated by their perpetual assault on

Islamic articles of the country’s constitution on one hand and their alacrity to take

oath under the same constitution on the other. He said that the electorate of the

country could not be blamed for believing that all such MPs contested polls just to

satiate an incessant lust for wealth and power. ‘Islam is firmly embedded in the

foundations of Pakistan and citizens of this country will never allow a divorce

between the two’, he concluded.