Jamaat-i-Islami’s Senator Mushtaq Ahmed has said that if voted to power, his party would “fix” the country’s issues by taking the following steps:

1. Small cabinet, reduction in non-developmental expenditure
2. Ending free petrol, diesel, electricity and gas [for govt officials]
3. Ending annual privileges worth 4,500 of the elite
4. Reduction in defense budget, especially non-combat
5. Privatisation of state-owned enterprises that continuously facelosses
6. Reforming and restructuring the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
7. Repatriating money abroad