Islamabad, Pakistan

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party's newly-elected chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman took oath of office on Thursday (Apr 18) at the Mansoora-based party headquarters. 

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Speaking during the oath ceremony, the newly-elected party chief announced that Jamaat-e-Islami would launch a movement against the Pakistan government.

Imposed government

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, as per ARY News, alleged that the current Pakistan government was "imposed" through Form 47 and the "fake democratic" process.

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"Workers should prepare for the movement," he announced.

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The new JI chief also stressed his party's resolve to advance its ideals and objectives. He also voiced his views that his party will guide Pakistan as a whole, reports ANI.

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Jamaat-e-Islami 

JI is Pakistan's largest religious party that was founded in British-controlled India in 1941 by Islamist author, theorist, and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ali Maududi. 

Hafiz Naeemur Rehman is the sixth chief of Jamaat-e-Islami. Before him, the post was held by Sirajul Haq.

He was elected on April 4 as Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, replacing Sirajul Haq, ARY News reported.

The election commission formed by the JIP's Majlis-e-Shura reported that around 45,000 members of the JI in Pakistan cast their votes. There were around 6,000 women members of JI who also participated in the electoral process.

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Pakistan Elections

On February 8th, Pakistan held its 12th national general elections amid controversies and allegations of rigging and the shutdown of cellular and internet services.

The nation's Military Establishment was accused of rigging the elections in favour of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) to keep former Prime Minister Imran Khan out of the electoral race. Allegations of rigging led to widespread protests and unrest across the country, with thousands of people taking to the streets to voice their anger.

A week after the elections, a senior Pakistani bureaucrat, Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, had even confessed to helping rig the elections.

"We converted the losers into winners, reversing margins of 70,000 votes in 13 national assembly seats," he told reporters, as reported by Al Jazeera. He also implicated the head of the election commission and the country's top judge, and said "stabbing the country in its back" does not allow him to sleep.

(With inputs from agencies)