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Ex-MNAs, MPAs from Gujrat,Dipalpur join PTI in Lahore
Chairman Tehreek e Insaf Imran Khan has said that parliament’s resolutions are being blatantly ignored to reopen Nato Supply routes. Speaking at a press conference at Zaman Park, Lahore he said that any such decision would be in contradiction to the sentiments and aspirations of the people of Pakistan.
The press conference was held to formally announce joining of former MNA from Gujrat Chaudhry Mubashir Hussain, former MPA from Dipalpur Malik Nazar Fareed Khokar, former Nazims Chaudhry Asad Nawaz Khan, Malik Mobeen Khokar, Malik Azhar Hussain Khokar, Haji Sardar Majeed Dogar, Chaudhry Ahmed Nawaz Khan, Muhammad Iqbal Mahar, Chaudhry Tariq Irshad Ali Khan, Rao Zaeem Haider Khan, Lawyers Wing members Imran Chaudhry, Malik Aftab Aslam, Mian Muhammad Akram, Sardar Faiz Ahmed Khan, Sardar Muhammad Ahmed and Nayyar Hussain of Nayyar Carpets.
He said that it is absolutely clear that the Nato Supply routes were not closed on principles. Rulers of Pakistan closed supply routes to bargain a higher price for themselves from the United States, he said. He said that corrupt governments have failed to provide any kind of relief to the people of Pakistan. He said both Federal and Provincial governments are spending public funds on their own luxuries while the people are dejected in face of unprecedented price hikes, unemployment and load shedding. Criticizing the Punjab government he said that laptops are being distributed for votes without any consideration for proper utilization of public funds. Punjab government does not even have enough money to procure wheat this season due to massive corruption and poor governance, he added.
He said that people have lost all hope from PML-N and PPP and are joining PTI because the party is a symbol of true change in the country. He emphasized that the next general elections should be conducted in a transparent manner.
PTI Central Information Secretary Shafqat Mahmood, President Lahore Mian Mahmood-Ur-Rasheed, senior leader Zaheer Abbas Khokar and others were also present at the occasion.
PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on electricity price hike
Lahore: Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf has warned the government not to force the party to initiate a massive street movement and civil disobedience. In a special statement on the most recent electricity price he demanded that the government should immediately retract its decision on the recent increase in electricity tariff.
He said that government’s failure to resolve most pressing issues including circular debt, increasing generation capacity and improving collections has led to the present energy crisis. He said that the present government has broken all prior records of corruption and the Rental Power scam is clear evidence of the same.
Unprecedented price hikes under the present regime will force citizens to resort to power theft, he added. He urged the people of Pakistan to wait for Imran Khan’s call for ‘tsunami march’ which will liberate them from the unbearable rule of the most corrupt and incompetent rulers.
Govt must not restore NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, warns Shah Mahmood Qureshi
AHORE - Shah Mahmood Qureshi on warned the government against re-opening Nato supply routes to Afghanistan.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice chairman was talking to reporters at the party’s media office, a week before the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) meets to take a decision.
Qureshi said if the government decided to re-open the supply routes, the PTI would organise a rally in Rawalpindi on May 27 to “kick off a nation-wide protest against the rulers”. The PTI, he said, was also thinking of holding an all parties conference to take a stand against the government.
During the parliamentary debate on the Nato supply lines, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security had recommended some conditions for re-opening the supply routes, said Qureshi. They included an apology from the US for the Salala incident and halting drone attacks, he said, adding “Can the DCC overrule the parliament?”
The former foreign minister criticised the government for a U-turn in its policies. The foreign minister said that if we do not open the supply routes, it would create problems for Pakistan, said Qureshi. The PTI vice chairman also mentioned the finance minister’s statement, while in Washington DC, that Pakistan would not be able to make the budget if the Coalition Support Fund was not released. “Could the government not foresee these problems earlier?” he remarked.
He then said that the minister for defence had said that Pakistan would be violating international conventions if it did not open the supply routes. “Were these conventions not in place when we closed them?” asked Qureshi.
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