Addressing hundreds of thousands at Minar-e-Pakistan, JI chief says Pakistan was not created for “mafias and elites” but for the “sovereignty of Allah
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman opened the party’s three-day Salana Ijtema Aam on Friday with a sweeping denunciation of what he called an “oppressive and unjust” political order, telling a massive crowd at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan that Pakistan must return to the principles that shaped its creation.
Addressing an audience estimated in the hundreds of thousands, Rehman said the current power structure—marked by force, discrimination, and elite dominance—could “no longer continue.” He argued that Pakistan was founded on the idea of La ilaha illa Allah, and not for the “sovereignty of generals, capitalists or mafias.”
Invoking the historic 1940 Lahore Resolution passed at the same venue, he said the state had strayed from its foundational promise and deprived citizens of their rights. “The people have been kept away from a just system,” he declared.
Rehman vowed that Jamaat-e-Islami would spearhead a nationwide movement for accountability and social justice. He pledged to become the voice of workers, farmers, youth, students, and all those who “suffer under an unequal order,” reaffirming the party’s commitment to continue its campaign for systemic change.
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP) is holding its 2025 annual general meeting (Ijtima-e-Aam) at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, from November 21-23, 2025. The event is part of a public movement with the slogan “Badal Do Nizam” (Change the System.
