Only Lahore is Pakistan for PM: Memon

Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has condemned the political victimisation of the PPP leadership and said they could not be cowed down by issuing notices of arrests.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Sharjeel Memon said the PPP extended unconditional support to the government for stability of democracy but in return excesses had been committed with the PPP and the Sindh government which would not be tolerated. He said the PPP would not become part of any grand alliance as it did not believe in politics of agitation.

Sharjeel said the rulers had not learnt any lesson from the past mistakes and politics of the 90s was being repeated by victimising opponents. The information minister said the federal government should give Sindh its due rights and bring an end to unscheduled load shedding. He said it was unacceptable to blame Sindh for theft of electricity instead of Lahore.

He said the prime minister considered only Lahore as Pakistan and the federal government was giving step motherly treatment to Sindh because the people had rejected it in the elections.

Memon said the government had not honoured any commitment made to the province for Karachi operation. He said Pakistan’s economy was moving on only due to Sindh but the federal government wanted to usurp the share of Sindh from the federal budget. He asked the government to give up its dictatorial attitude and not force the PPP to go for agitation.