Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that Imran Khan’s show regarding price-hike flopped as the masses rejected it and the disappointment could be easily seen on the faces of Imran Khan and other leaders.
Commenting on the PTI’s rally, he said by rejecting the call of Imran Khan, the people had proved that they were not ready to be misled by the tsunami show.
He said that Imran Khan was not doing any service to the people by staging such rallies and was rather creating problems for them.
He said that due to policies of Imran Khan, old workers and leaders of PTI were leaving him and the faces that were at the public meeting of PTI at Minar-e-Pakistan were missing on Sunday.
He said that due to effective measures taken by the Punjab government, the prices of food items had reduced in the province and Imran Khan should also take such steps in KP for the benefit of people.
Earlier, the minister rejected the allegations that the Punjab government created hurdles in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally and stopped the convoys coming from different cities.
Talking to reporters, Sanaullah said that if an independent commission proved him guilty he would resign quit his position immediately.
Punjab government provided foolproof security for the PTI rallies, he claimed.
He said that organising musical concerts in three parks of Lahore on weekly off day was aimed at providing entertainment facilities to citizens and no to influence the PTI rally.
Sanaullah said that people of Lahore have already rejected the PTI’s so-called tsunami of change as they have no interest in whatever its activities were.
Imran Khan and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed could not deceive the nation anymore by holding such rallies, he said.
He suggested Imran Khan to avoid politics of chaos and confrontation and instead promote reconciliation to deal with the crises faced by the country and its people.
The law minister alleged that rally organized on The Mall in the name of protest against inflation was attended by elements desirous for getting ticket in local bodies’ election.
Sanaullah termed the rally ‘illegal’ and said a police report against the PTI has been filed.
He said that demonstrations on The Mall were against earlier court orders. The Punjab government, however, provided security for the rally.
Imran Khan led the PTI’s protest rally against price hike, calling for a “jihad against inflation”.
Khan vowed further street protests against inflation. He cited a number of solutions the PTI would have undertaken if it was in power.
Aside from PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Jahangir Tareen, Khan was accompanied by Sheikh Rasheed and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan as well.
