CM thanks Unification Bloc for their support
Sharif met with bloc members on Saturday, said that the step will help usher in a new era of ‘principled politics’.
LAHORE:
“The Unification Bloc has improved the image of politicians by upholding democratic values rather than hankering after power,” were the words used by the chief’s minister in praise of the PML-Q breakaway faction for not accepting cabinet portfolios.
Sharif met with the bloc members on Saturday and said that the step will help usher in a new era of ‘principled politics’. “The decision has not only raised your prestige but also strengthened the democratic process,” he added.
The chief minister thanked the parliamentary group on behalf of his party during the meeting “for its continuing and unconditional moral and political support, even during the Governor’s Rule”.
“You have silenced your critics by refusing to accept any position,” Sharif told party members.
On the occasion, members of the Unification Bloc said that the group had decided to support the chief minister “on account of his performance and excellent policies”. They said that they had taken the decision not to accept any public office because they wanted to show that furthering their personal interests wasn’t their aim.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday continued to criticise the Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, for “fanning provincial divides” through his statements. “He should be immediately removed,” Sanaullah demanded while talking to the media outside Punjab Assembly.
In a meeting with industrialists from Faisalabad, he accused Malik of “deliberately issuing visas to agents of Blackwater and CIA in order to create chaos”. “Malik has failed to arrest the suspects in three major incidents that took place in Islamabad: the attempt on Hamid Saeed Kazmi and the murders of Salmaan Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti,” the law minister said.
He also assured the industrialists that the chief minister would accompany a delegation of industrialists to the Prime Minister’s House to resolve the issue of gas load shedding.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2011.
“The Unification Bloc has improved the image of politicians by upholding democratic values rather than hankering after power,” were the words used by the chief’s minister in praise of the PML-Q breakaway faction for not accepting cabinet portfolios.
Sharif met with the bloc members on Saturday and said that the step will help usher in a new era of ‘principled politics’. “The decision has not only raised your prestige but also strengthened the democratic process,” he added.
The chief minister thanked the parliamentary group on behalf of his party during the meeting “for its continuing and unconditional moral and political support, even during the Governor’s Rule”.
“You have silenced your critics by refusing to accept any position,” Sharif told party members.
On the occasion, members of the Unification Bloc said that the group had decided to support the chief minister “on account of his performance and excellent policies”. They said that they had taken the decision not to accept any public office because they wanted to show that furthering their personal interests wasn’t their aim.
Meanwhile, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday continued to criticise the Federal Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, for “fanning provincial divides” through his statements. “He should be immediately removed,” Sanaullah demanded while talking to the media outside Punjab Assembly.
In a meeting with industrialists from Faisalabad, he accused Malik of “deliberately issuing visas to agents of Blackwater and CIA in order to create chaos”. “Malik has failed to arrest the suspects in three major incidents that took place in Islamabad: the attempt on Hamid Saeed Kazmi and the murders of Salmaan Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti,” the law minister said.
He also assured the industrialists that the chief minister would accompany a delegation of industrialists to the Prime Minister’s House to resolve the issue of gas load shedding.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2011.