PML-N urges coalition parties to expedite reforms process

Parliamentary party meeting praises govt’s relief measures

ISLAMABAD:

The parliamentary party of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday urged the coalition partners to expedite the process of electoral, economic and administrative reforms and work out a timetable for completing the government’s reforms agenda.

The parliamentary party met here with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair. The meeting passed various resolutions in which it praised the relief measures taken by the government to redress problems of the people in the wake of unprecedented price hike in the last three-and-a-half years.

Through a resolution, the PML-N lawmakers stressed the need for accelerating the process of electoral, economic and administrative reforms as promised by the coalition government to the people. It asked the coalition parties to come up with a clear timetable for the speedy completion of this agenda.

The parliamentary party paid rich tribute to the performance of the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz and endorsed its agenda and initiatives. The meeting appreciated Shehbaz’s efforts for turning around the national economy and providing relief to the masses.

“The provision of relief to the people during Ramazan by significantly reducing the prices of flour, sugar, ghee and other essential commodities were the pro-people democratic measures of the pro-people democratic government,” another resolution read.

The resolution added that it was a challenge to provide relief to the people in the difficult economic situation as they had been facing difficulties because of inflation in the last four years. It also praised the government decision not to increase fuel prices despite a sharp rise in prices in the international market.

The PML-N urged the prime minister to deal strongly with the elements conspiring to trigger a civil war in the country. It demanded of the prime minister to take immediate legal action against the former “undemocratic” prime minister for attacking national institutions.

The PML-N parliamentary party fully supported the government measures in defence of the Constitution, judiciary and national institutions. “Pakistan's economy and its national interests cannot tolerate any chaos or bloodshed in the country,” the party said.

The meeting appealed to all the coalition partners, people from all schools of thought, media persons, lawyers and civil society members to condemn the conspiracy against the Constitution, judiciary and national institutions.

The meeting also condemned the sloganeering in Masjid-i-Nabwi recently, urging the government to take effective measures so that such heinous acts were not repeated in the future. The meeting said that PM Shahbaz was taking steps for strengthening the federation and national unity.