Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has converted its fears from Imran Khan’s political activities into a campaign against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Announcing launch of a comprehensive and transparent accountability, he categorically said that president had not added anything to his assets after becoming the president. He said PML-N’s fate was clear as they would be defeated with a big margin, adding that Punjab Chief minister Shahbaz Sharif’s language and attitude had not only annoyed PML-N’s opponents but had also compelled its allies to detach themselves from it.
Talking to the media at a local hotel on Monday, he said Punjab government had requested the Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir that owing to the dengue outbreak and deteriorating law and order situation, the elections on the AJK assembly seat in Lahore be postponed, while in sheer contradiction to its own statement, they were demanding a mid term election during its campaign against federal government and the president.
On the occasion, Punjab Opposition Leader Raja Riaz, Dewan Muhayuddin, Yasmin Rehman, Mian Misbah Ur Rehman, Aziz Ur Rehman Chan, faiza Malik, Sajida Mir and other local leaders were also present.
He said the Sharifs may face another 20 years exile if the PML-N continued with its undemocratic and unconstitutional acts, rallies and protest to derail democracy in the country. The federal minister said the Punjab CM was bound by oath to maintain law and order as well as protect the life and property of people in the province, adding that the CM’s decision to lead a rally against the federal government and President Asif Ali Zardari was unconstitutional and was tantamount to hatching conspiracy against democracy.
To a query, the federal minister said PML-N chief Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif should learn a lesson from their past misadventures which cost them their personal freedom and the country had to suffer the yoke of dictatorship for another decade under Pervaiz Musharraf.
He said the only way to oust a democratically elected president was to bring in an impeachment motion in the assembly, adding that the PML-N neither had majority in the National Assembly nor in the Provincial Assembly. Advising tolerance and political sagacity, Wattoo asked the PML-N leadership to follow rules of the game in politics and wait for their turn if the people returned them to the parliament with a majority after 5 years, stressing the government will complete its five years constitutional term and its detractors may do whatever they wished to.
PML-N is afraid of Imran Khan: Manzoor Wattoo
