Punjab Information Minister and PML-N leader Azma Bukhari on Sunday accused the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government of using its machinery for the PTI’s rally scheduled to be held at Sangjani in Islamabad.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore, she said it was a shame that the provincial government was bringing the party workers and supporters to the jalsa venue in ambulances.
She went on to say it was strange that former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, who had even gone to court against amendments to the NAB law, was the first to seek relief under them after the Supreme Court (SC) ruled in their favour.
Azma wondered that those finding faults with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s nutrition programme under which school children would be served milk were spending billions of rupees on their rally. “This is a tragedy with the PTI that its government does not do anything for the people’s welfare. And when other parties’ governments take a step in this direction, it subjects them to criticism.” “PTI’s today’s public gathering is nothing but a joke,” she opined.
Meanwhile, Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that there will be no pardon for the crime of planning and attacking the state.
In a statement, she emphasized that no matter how much one protests, complains, punishment is inevitable. “The first request for relief under the new NAB law was made by the convict of the May 9 incident. He claims the law was created to protect thieves, yet his own request for relief in the form of NRO belongs to the May 9 convict under the NAB law,” she added.
She further stated, “He demands an NRO while holding rallies. The rally is nothing but a plea for an NRO to escape punishment for committing a crime with regard to planning against the state on May 9.” Marriyum Aurangzeb questioned why the individual who refers to the NAB law as the “thieves’ law” was the first to seek relief under it.
“The thief of the watch and the Tosha Khana case, guilty of stealing 190 million pounds, tries to escape by defaming others while begging for an NRO daily, yet fails to account for his own crimes,” She added. The Senior Minister pointed out that those he once accused of theft endured his tyranny, answered every allegation, served imprisonment and were exonerated by courts without asking for an NRO.
