'PML-N making a mockery of Charter of Democracy'

Law minister Babar Awan says PML-N taunts PPP for politics of reconciliation but accepts turncoats among its ranks.


Ppi February 21, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Babar Awan on Monday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had made a mockery of the Charter of Democracy by accepting turncoat politicians among their ranks.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, the law minister said that the custodians of Lahore's politics want to bury the Charter of Democracy in Miani Sahib Graveyard.

He said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) does not want that its 19-point agenda in Punjab would suffer the fate similar to the All Pakistan Democratic Alliance (APDA).

Babar said that the PPP was taunted for its politics of reconciliation, while its opponents wanted to run the government with the help of turncoats. However, they should know that such turncoats are only loyal to money, he added.

He also said that the PPP will continue the process of dialogues with all political parties, including the PML-N. He said that the PPP does not believe in the politics of deadlines because the PPP has never given a deadline to any party, stating that in politics, decisions can be taken by consultation and not by dictation.

He added that a single party cannot decide the entire country's fate and that all political parties should work together for the betterment of Pakistan.

Babar also claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's press conference the previous day caused hostility in smaller provinces.

In an attempt to warn the PPP, Shahbaz Sharif had said that February 22 would be the final day for talks with the PPP on the 10-point agenda.

The PML-N will decide on Tuesday whether it wants to have the PPP as a coalition partner in the Punjab government or not. PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has already ruled out giving more time to the PPP to implement the reforms agenda. He has called a special meeting of the party leadership on February 25 to discuss the reforms agenda and PPP ministers' fate in Punjab.

COMMENTS (1)

MAD | 13 years ago | Reply The PPP forgets that the current Prime Minister wasnt always a PPP man.
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