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Malik warns Punjab government against ‘messing with government’
In a stern tone, Malik requests Punjab government to give up protests, join government.
In a stern tone, Malik requests Punjab government to give up protests, join government. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out against the Punjab government on Wednesday, Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik requested the provincial government in a stern tone to “stay away” from him, and other terrorist organisations such as Laskhar-e-Jhangvi as “they are only harming the country”.
Malik further requested the Punjab government to join hands with the centre rather than protesting against the rulers in order to let democracy prevail in the country. “The Sharif brothers should stop meeting during dark nights.”
Commenting on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s protest against loadshedding and his recent visit to his camp office at Minar-e-Pakistan via bus, Malik said, “You cannot get anything by traveling in buses… Why have your police still not recovered the kidnapped son of the governor? Why don’t you tell the nation that you have failed?”
He pleaded the provincial government to deal with foreign matters on the federal level. “When the Iran delegation comes to Pakistan, they say that a deal has been finalised between Punjab and Iran. For God’s sake, this is one federation.”
Asserting that the general elections will be held next year, Malik predicted that the future elections will be in favour of the current ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). “I hope the opposition will act sensibly.”
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Points raised by R Malik to some extnet seem to be pertinent. Apparant behaviour of Punjab government with federal authorities is of step mother. One brother does not accept PM while other terms the President as illegal. No one knows what is going on. Personal agenda gets priority over national agenda. For God sake have some mercy on this nation.
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@major-ji: Mr Major Federation is not a God given dominion right to the Government of Pakistan. Why the Balochs want to get separation from Pakistan then??. The reason is that federation really dont mean that one person will rule and others will be subjugated. Federal Government is not approving any project of the Punjab government and they are forced to sign deals away from Federal Government and when Iran signed a deal with Punjab then federal government have a problem that how come Punjab signed a deal when All coalitions are united to Destroy Punjab???. Federation never remained a sacred cow and when the Word federation is exploited to take away the rights away from some people and then blackmail them then there is no importance of Federation. I am sure PPP wants Governer raaj in Punjab in the coming days but it will harm the federation and the Pakistan’s integrity in general as enough is enough to victimize one region.
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Provincial autonomy allow provinces to sign deals with foreign governments if it dont violate soverignity and Punjab government did nothing wrong and federal government have no right to mess with in this case. After electricity the federal government want to cripple other sectors of Punjab and i am sure Federal gov will force Iran to get projects out of Punjab and transfer them to other provinces.
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so all he wants is punjab government to support federal government in corruption.
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There is a systematic and deliberate attempt by the present PPP government to destroy Punjab economy, foment social unrest (with hired saboteurs doing tor phor), and then eventually divide Punjab into three provinces.
Why do they want to destroy Punjab economy with discriminatory loadshedding (in Punjab only) of 20 hours in rural and 14 hours in Lahore? Recommend
oh com’on stop this cat fight
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@Pakistan politics: Dont call it a Cat Fight. This is Batte Royale my dear friend.
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Look this guy called Rehman Malik has been telling lies all the four years that he had given up UK nationality. He should be prosecuted for that also. There is a serious problem in the mindset of Rulers. More than the financial corruption they are morally and ethically corrupt.
They are proving worst than dictators. Pervez Musharaf was far decent person than these . The rule is simple. You are a dictator if you don’t respect the law. Article 63(1)(c) is crystal clear without any shadow of doubt. If this the democracy we do not want it. It looks like a revenge as their slain leader said, DEMOCRACY IS THE BEST REVENGE.Recommend
my dear fellow nation , brothers and sister tell every one that our great leader Quaid e Azam muhammad ali jinnah must be feeling very pain looking at our behaviour with this country. i request every great and brave pakistani to pray to god that give us good leader, we r failed miserably to elect good honest and sensible leader fr us. plz select ur leader irrespective of ur cost, tribe and sect,but see his previous character and dealing, wheather he will be able to lead us.
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Malik said, “You cannot get anything by traveling in buses.”
Can Rehman Malik tell us what he has achieved by traveling in bulletproof vehicles, limousines, and private jets? To the contrary, the ghareeb awam of Pakistan has achieved a lot by braving this corrupt and inept government while traveling in buses. The ghareeb awam have faced unprecedented inflation, unexplainable power cuts, and lack of governance yet have managed to carry on with their lives and provide food and shelter for their families and more while traveling in buses. These power-hungry politicians are so far from reality that they cannot understand or connect with the problems of the masses.
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Spot on Rehman Malik. These Sharif brothers take Pakistanis for a ride, and don’t give a damn about them, as long as their pockets are getting stuffed.
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I didnt expect liar-e-azam to come rejecting others the next day when he was exposed in front of 180 million.
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“Rehman Malik requested the provincial government in a stern tone to “stay away” from him, and other terrorist organisations such as Laskhar-e-Jhangvi”…..does this mean that Rehman Malik has inadvertently accepted that he is the “Terrorist” too……LOL
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@RanaMohsin, Why are you tying to cover up the massive corruption in faked schemes by Punjab govt? By talking about Fed govt corruption you are trying to give a cover to bigger corruption of Sharifs.
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He thinks that like PTI, PML(N) will joing the government too. Mr. Nawaz Sharif is not Imran Khan.
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@umar:
God never does and never will drop the ‘good leader’ from the sky. Its you and me, the ordinary people of Pakistan who need to elect sensible people to lead this nation. No matter we deserved all what we are facing today as we- being the decision makers at some point in this process have CHOSE to be lead by these clowns. God never guide those who don’t want guidance in the first place.
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What a shame that this man is still in charge of Pakistan’s internal affairs. This coward can’t even think of riding in a public bus with general public and sitting in tents with normal load-shedding. Governance in Punjab is much better than any other part of Pakistan. As far as electricity is concerned, it is pretty clear now that federal government is punishing Punjab by not giving guarantee in provincially funded projects of Chichu ki Malian, Nandi Pur and Sugar Can Waste. I wonder that the better conditions in Punjab are only because of the fact that PPP has never won here in decades.
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I’ll say it again.
PML N needs to look after Punjab first.
Frankly, they need to be more Punjab specific
I don’t want to see PML N sign anymore
legislation that compromises Punjab and Pakistan.
PPP is out to destroy Punjab , physically and economically.
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No matter what, Punjab province is the only province where there is some governance, where the CM seems to be doing some work, where there is no target killing, where public transport, schools, colleges & hospitals are functioning in some form, compare it to sind where law & order is worse, Lyari situation, target killing, street crimes are rife, the CM is only seen giving lip service, hardly ever seen doing any public service, forget Balochistan & its CM…and the war going on in NWFP, so my friend it might not be ideal but Punjab is relatively doing far better than others and no matter what PML N is responsible for this.
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@Ch Allah Daad:
yup, thats why he is meeting Malik Riaz on behalf of Asif Zardari.
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@Sehr.Siddiqui:
Not just prosecution, he should pay back every penny of this poor nation that he has been enjoying by way of cash, perks, other expenses.
He has grey businesses in UK, etc, due to which businesses in Pakistan suffered a lot, he can cough out some of his ill-gotten money.
Though I don’t support Sharifs(who are more of hypocrites), a fraud & liar does not have any right to throw mud over others.
By the way, if media plays its proper role, they stop news / statements of liars, convicts & frauds.
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