LAHORE – Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has revealed that ShahbazSharif’s visit to Saudi Arabia did not carry any political motives as hewent there just to resolve the problems that the Muslim Ummah were facingthese days. The opposition was deliberately trying to create doubtsregarding his visit, he added.
“Nawaz Sharif might also leave for Saudi Arabia if his services andexperience are required to resolve the crisis that has befallen Muslimcountries,” Sana said, while talking to media persons at the PunjabAssembly cafeteria.
He further said that some forces were now trying to weaken the Punjabgovernment after failing to bring down the federal government, but theirnefarious designs would be foiled as elections were going to be held ontime and the process in this regard had been initiated after the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) started the process of delimitation ofconstituencies process.
Endorsing the comments of Khawaja Saad Rafique over the death anniversaryof his father, Sana said that the federal minister did not talk against theinstitution of army, adding that he completely agreed with the statement ofSaad as the visit of army chief to Senate was a good omen for this country.
“The institution of Pakistan Army is our pride as it secures thegeographical boundaries of the country. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz(PML-N) never indulged itself in spreading propaganda against the army,”Sana said while lauding the services of the army. This very institution hadgiven birth to brave sons of the soil in the form of Major Ishaq, whosacrificed their lives for the safety of Pakistan, he added.
Talking about Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, he saidthat Qadri did not get the results he was seeking in the Justice BaqirNajafi report and it was his wishful thinking that the Punjab governmentwould be sent packing in the aftermath of that report. Therefore, he wasnow trying to destabilise the government by once again threatening tolaunch another sit-in, he added.
Sana also made it clear that the next session of the Punjab Assembly wasgoing to start from January 15, 2018. It is worth mentioning here that thelast session of the provincial assembly could last only for two days afterprotests by Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) activists had broughtthe city to a standstill.
He said that the opposition had repeatedly demanded to convene theprovincial assembly session at the earliest and also requested the speakerto convene the session immediately as the opposition wanted to discussmultiple issues, including Baqir Najafi report and corruption scandals ofthe Punjab government.