Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday criticized Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s style of doing the ‘politics of negativity’, saying that PTI’s ‘politics of anarchy’ is a conspiracy against the people of Pakistan.
“Imran Khan’s dharna politics is not just a conspiracy against PML-N, it is a conspiracy against the people [of this country] also,” the chief minister told a gathering in Kamalia tehsil of Toba Tek Singh.
Resolving to put an end to such politics, Shehbaz said Imran Khan’s politics revolves around lies, attack on institutions and slander. “We will have to end personal conflicts, false accusations and blame games if we are to achieve Quaid’s vision of Pakistan,” the PML-N president said.
He also criticised Imran Khan for voting in favour of Asif Ali Zardari’s candidate for deputy chairman in the Senate elections despite having lambasted the former president on numerous occasions. “Bilawal says that Imran uncle would again vote for the People’s Party,” he said. “Who is Imran trying to fool?” he asked.
He said Imran Khan knew that the Chinese president would visit Pakistan in September 2014 to sign historical agreements of power generation, motorways, Orange Line Metro Train and Gawadar Port. Due to his sit-in, that visit was delayed and “we were able to start the projects in April 2015 after the visit of the Chinese president.” Highlighting the progress achieved during the past five years under PML-N’s tenure, Shehbaz vowed that load shedding will be eliminated by the end of the ongoing year.
“Progress achieved during PML-N’s tenure was never witnessed before in Pakistan’s history,” he said, pointing out that before 2013, the public suffered load shedding extending to 22 hours a day. “Load shedding will be eliminated by the end of this year, and it will never return,” he promised. Since 2013, the PML-N government has invested in thousands of megawatts of power, he said.
The minister vowed that if given another chance, the party will bring the metro bus service to Faisalabad. He said the PML-N believed in serving the masses rather than raising hollow slogans and unprecedented development projects launched by its government were a proof of that.
Published in Daily Times, April 9th 2018.
