LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq will launch three-day `Awami March` against inflation from the provincial metropolis on Friday (today).

The march will culminate in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Talking to party workers here on Thursday, he said the government had completely surrendered before the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ignoring the public interest.

Reminding the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and the Pakistan People`s Party (PPP) about their long marches and rallies against inflation as the opposition parties, Mr Haq said both the parties had failed to bring down prices of basic commodities,making the life miserable for a common man.

He said the people were no longer ready to accept the decisions made behind closed doors. The JI, he said, would fight for the rights of people.

Meanwhile, in a letter written to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr Sikandar Sultan Raja, Sirajul Haq stressed upon the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove the impression that the government, along with some powers, was hell-bent on using delaying tactics in holding the general elections. He conveyed to CEC that the prevailing poor state of economy didn`t allow holding of provincial and national elections separately in the country by spending billions of rupees so it was his constitutional obligation to take steps for holding both the elections on the same day.

Mr Haq said the National Assembly hadlost its worth after resignations of more than 100 members of the opposition were accepted. He added that the federal government should have announced holding of general elections while respecting the Constitution, democracy and superior political and moral values but it was hell-bent upon keeping the National Assembly and its government intact. He stated that the federal government was forging excuses for getting delayed the general elections and added that the JI was in favour of holding provincial and national elections on the same day.

The JI chief argued that holding of national and provincial assemblies` elections separately would create political chaos and polarisation which would further create economical, political and administrative instability in the country.