Local bodies imperative for democracy : Siraj
Dir : Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Senator Sirajul Haq has said that democratic process could not be completed without strengthening the local government system.
He was talking to a delegation of elected local bodies heads at district and tehsil level from Malakand division here, on Saturday.
Siraj-ul-Haq said that the continuity of the local bodies would ensure a strong and stable democracy in the country. He exhorted the elected local councilors to devote their best energies to solve the problems of the people. He said that the good performance of the Nazims would pave way for the progress and prosperity of the province.
The JI chief said that the local bodies’ was a system to provide basic facilities to the people at the grass root level and this system was functioning all over the world. He said that any attempt to wind up this system would be fully resisted.
He said that the transfer of powers to the lower level was a part of the JI’s policy and vision. He said that the present local bodies system was framed by the previous provincial government with the support of its allies and it had proved to be more effective as compared to the systems in other provinces. He said that instead of winding this system, steps should be made to improve it and make it more effective.
The delegation was led by district Nazim of Lower Dir Muhammad Rasul Khan and included Tehsil Nazims Habibullah Saqib, Muhammad Imran, Haji Riaz Khan and others.
