ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi strongly rejected allspeculations about formation of groups within the Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N), maintaining that the party would contest the upcominggeneral elections on basis of its performance.
In an interview with a private news channel on Sunday, he said people hadnot accepted the July 28 decision of disqualifying Nawaz Sharif.
He dispelled the impression that he was an aspirant for the office of nextprime minister as the party leadership would decide such issues.
To a question, Prime Minister said that there were no redlines for hisgovernment .Only Constitution contained the redlines. He said all theamendments in the constitution were done with consensus.
To another question, Prime Minister said government has to tackle varyingissues with consensus and under a mechanism set by the working of cabinetand parliament.
He said the country had witnessed massive growth during the last four andhalf years, but instability in the form of Dharnas and subsequently withthe Panama case created uncertainty in the country.
He reiterated that the government would complete its term as it hadfunctioned in a transparent way while serving the public.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also vehemently opposed the suggestion about apresidential form of government.
He said that he was ready to face any allegations over the import of LNGcontract.
To another query, he said after the devolution of powers, the provincesought to develop their capacity and show their performance.
He said among all provinces, only Punjab had been performing well.