Politicising issues: Fear of Senate defeat behind opposition rhetoric: PM

Our opponents have been in power in the past and people know what they have done for them: Gilani.


Express July 29, 2011

PESHAWAR:


Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that his political opponents have sensed their defeat in the Senate elections and want to come into power before these elections.


The prime minister was addressing a public gathering in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s southern district of Kohat after inaugurating the Rs1.5 billion Khushal Ghar Bridge project, which will be built within two years and connect the province’s southern districts to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).

The premier said that the opposition’s revolution rhetoric was mere propaganda and that they have nothing to offer to the people. “Our opponents have been in power in the past and people know what they have done for them,” Gilani said, accusing them of misleading the people through levelling corruption allegations against the government.

Regarding electricity shortage in the country, Gilani acknowledged that the country was facing a shortfall but said that the government is taking steps to overcome the problem. “The government has produced 1,000MW of electricity each year and so far 3,000MW of electricity has been added to the national grid,” he said. “Post the 18th amendment, the four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have been allowed to produce electricity so that the shortage can be met through joint efforts.”

Praising the province’s people for braving the menace of terrorism, he said that everyone was proud of Pakhtuns who were at the frontline of the battle against terrorism. “We have given Pakhtuns their identity,” he said, referring to the renaming of the province, a core demand of the Awami National Party (ANP) which is a coalition partner of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government in the centre and the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th,  2011.

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