Information Minister Pervez Rashid said on Saturday the government would take PTI Chairman Imran Khan into confidence on the issue of military operation against terrorists.
Talking to reporters after a seminar on “Decline and Restoration of Film Industry” in a university, he said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman would be included in all kinds of consultations.
To a query, he said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif believed in the supremacy of law and the government’s writ would be established on every inch of the country.
The foreign hand would be eliminated, once the government succeeded in bringing the people involved in subversive acts to right path, he said responding a question on the role of foreign elements in terrorist acts.
He said the government was determined to tackle all internal challenges by all means.
Regarding former president Pervez Musharraf, the minister said the former dictator was physically fit, but he had lost his abilities to make decisions. He was in trouble because of his own strategies.
“The hospital has proved a blind alley for him. If Musharraf comes out, he faces the court while inside the hospital he will be operated and stitched by doctors,” he said.
Musharraf would have to face the law, he added.
About Musharraf’s possible exile, he said the law and the Constitution were supreme and equal for all. “There is no room in the law that a culprit could leave the country without being tried,” he added.
About the meeting of Council of Common Interests, he said it was convened as per democratic traditions, in which all the provinces shared their views and discussed matters like census.
To a question, the minister said the idea for convening an all parties conference on price hike was uncalled for as the government was fully aware of its responsibilities. All the issues being faced by the nation would be discussed in the forthcoming session of the National Assembly, he added.
“All the institutions perform their roles as per the policy of government and work within their constitutional limits,” he said.
Earlier, speaking at the seminar, the minister said setting up cinema houses should be made compulsory in housing societies, besides other recreational spots.
“The cinema industry has been given tax exemption and the government is planning to offer more incentives to cinema houses,” he added.
He stressed the need to hand over a painting brush to a child instead of a gun for establishing a peaceful society. Policies of the government would transform Pakistan into a welfare state, he added.
