Govt not sincere in creating new provinces, says Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the government was not sincere in creating new provinces in Punjab.
Addressing a public gathering in Rahim Yar Khan, the former PM said the government never wanted to establish new provinces and always created controversies. He said the aim of the government was to spread hatred among the people of Punjab and to extend chaos and unrest in the country. Nawaz said his party was committed to restore Bahawalpur as a province and would create new provinces on administrative, not ethnic, basis.
The PML-N leader lashed out at the rulers for their bad governance, which he claimed had increased the suffering of the common man. Nawaz said his first priority was to save Pakistan. “If we were given a chance to serve the nation, the condition of the people would have been different, the current government has enjoyed five years but did nothing for the common man,” he added.
Nawaz said reforms could be brought about and the system could be transformed if the voters elected sincere, dedicated and honest representatives so that corrupt practices in all fields could be rooted out.
Claiming credit for the reinstatement of judges, the PML-N chief said it was the apex court that was initiating suo motu actions against corruption, law and order, extortions and unconstitutional acts.
“We saved the judiciary as the country will be further strengthened with presence of strong institutions,” he claimed.
He said instead of accepting dictation from the US, he followed policies that were in the larger interest of the country.
Nawaz called for an immediate removal of the government, which he accused of indulging in massive corruption.
He said Pakistan was in the midst of all sorts of problems, adding that agriculture sector had been hit hard by the increase in POL and other input prices.
The PML-N chief said the country was being run on borrowing from the State Bank of Pakistan, which was printing new notes to meet the government’s demand.
He said that was leading to inflation and burden on the common man, adding that labourers had no jobs while the poor had been pushed to the wall.