K-P CM warns doctors, JUI-F against taking law into their hands

Says if people have any issues, they can sit with the govt and we are ready to address their grievances

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday warned people against taking law into their hands.

“If people have any issues, they can sit with the government and we are ready to address their grievances,” he said.

The freedom march of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman and the on-going strike of doctors against reforms in health sector are both totally unfounded causes for protest and civil commotion, the CM said.

The chief minister declared in unequivocal terms that the government will not allow anyone to take law in hand their own.

He said that Pakistan is currently facing serious challenges both internally and externally due to the Kashmir issue and economic situation, but people should rest assured that PM Imran Khan will resolve the issues.

The PTI government has come to power with the votes of people and will do everything including institutional reforms and the establishment of peace and social harmony for their benefits. He expressed these views while addressing a seminar at Abbottabad University of Science & Technology Hawalian and oath-taking ceremony of Abbottabad Press Club during his visit to District Abbottabad on Friday.

K-P Assembly speaker Mushtaq Ghani, Minister for Food Qalander Lodhi, MNAs Ali Khan Jadoon, Uzma Khan Jadoon, MPAs Muhammad Nazir Abbassi, Momina Basit, General Secretary PTI Ali Asghar Khan, Commissioner Hazara Syed Zaheerul Islam, Regional Police Officer Dr Mazharul Haq Kakakhel, Vice-Chancellor Abbottabad University Dr Mujdidur Rehman, Deputy Commissioner Amir Afaq, representatives of DICE, Abbottabad Chamber of Commerce, traders and a large number of students.

He assured that despite the difficult financial situation, the government will accomplish the financial requirements of universities and institutions for higher education because this is the need of our young generation.

He announced a grant of Rs1.4 billion for Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Rs8 million for Press Club Abbottabad along with Rs2 million for Abbottabad Union of Journalists. He also announced Media Colony for Abbottabad Press Club and Provision of Astro Turf for hockey ground with the cooperation of the federal government.

The chief minister regretted that Maulana Fazalur Rehman is doing politics in the name of Islam and freedom. But, the fact is that Pakistan had got independence in 1947 and come into being in the name of Islam so there is no space and justification of politics in the name of Islam and freedom that Maulana Fazalur Rehman is currently doing.

Talking about the strike of doctors and medical staff in the province, the chief minister made it clear that the reforms undertaken by the government in health sector only aimed at to improve the healthcare services in the public run hospitals. There is no privatisation plan. Doctors are the government's employees and they will still remain government employees.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 12^th, 2019.