NAROWAL: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday has said that four to five resignations of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislators will not damage the PML-N government.
This he stated while reacting to the resignations tendered by two Members of National Assembly (MNAs), three Members of Punjab Assembly (MPAs) during the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat (PBUH) Conference of Sunni Ittehad Council in Faisalabad’s Dhobi Ghat.
Addressing a ceremony in Narowal, Ahsan Iqbal said that political opponents are busy in pulling government’s legs through different tactics, and added that PML-N government will complete its tenure. He asserted that Pakistan does not need protests in the current scenario but development.
“The nation knows that these sit-ins are only being staged to hinder the progress of the country,” he said and added that if the elections are conducted in 60 or 90 days, no one will be able to stop PML-N from winning. “But a conspiracy is being made to bring a caretaker government for a long period through which rigging can be done in elections for being successful. But I think that it is not possible,” pronounced Ahsan Iqbal.
The minister said that sabotaging the Senate elections means to stop the timely process of election. He urged the opposition parties not to become a part of the conspiracy and wait for their turn as Pakistan needs unity and solidarity.
He also said that the government has managed to eliminate terrorism to a large extent.
“The government has curtailed terrorism to a large extent and people in Pakistan are now spending peaceful lives,” Ahsan Iqbal said as he inaugurated the New Sabzi Mandi in Narowal. The minister added that citizens would become victims of terrorism like in the past, but most of the people are leading peaceful lives now.
Discussing the electricity deficit and subsequent load shedding in the country, the minister claimed that Pakistanis are being provided with an uninterrupted power supply for 22-hours. “There used to be a 22-hour load-shedding schedule in the past, but the situation has changed now,” he said.
The interior minister further said that Pakistan is faced with ‘many international conspiracies’. “Our enemies are afraid of our economic development,” he said and added, “Pakistan is an atomic power and can become an international power to reckon with if it becomes an economic power as well.”
“Pakistan’s economic progress can only be halted by political chaos and internal conflicts,” Ahsan Iqbal said.