KHAR: Jamaat-i-Islami leaders vowed to continue their ef forts to make country an Islamic welfare state wherein equal social and economic rights would be ensured for all.

This was stated by JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmed Khan and other JI leaders while addressing a public meeting here on Wednesday.

Mushtaq Ahmed Khan said that Pakistan was created in the name of Islam, but unfortunately Islamic laws were not implemented in the country as the successive rulers were not interested in doing so.

He said the JI would not allow anyone to convert the country into a secular state and would enhance efforts to make the country a truly Islamic welfare state, adding that enforcement of Islamic laws in the country was the appropriate solution of the problems and issues being faced by the people of the country.

`The federal government has totally failed to fulfil its manifesto and promises made with people before 2013 general elections, as all the government policies are against the interests of common man and so for no step had been taken for the welfare of country`s common citizens,` said the JI leader.

He accused the government for promotion of corruption in the country and said that corruption and mismanagement had significantly been increased in all public sector institutions during the present government owing to lack of a system checks and balances.

The JIleadersaid thathis party was in favour of replacing the century old colonial system in the tribal areas with regular country laws.

`We want complete abolishment of Frontier Crimes Regulation and extension of basic rights to the tribal areas, as the tribesmen were equal citizens of the country,` he added.

He said merger of Fata with KP was the right option for the sustainable development of the region and said that it would overcome the main problems and hurdles of the people of tribal areas.

The gathering was attended by a large number of party workers, tribal elders, students and score of women of different areas of the agency.