PML-N has ‘lost game in Centre’: Elahi

PML-Q leader alleges Hamza ordered attack on him, 'but when he (Hamza) was in trouble, I issued his production order'

LAHORE:

In view of the prevailing economic crisis and a tough time given by the PTI, Punjab Assembly Speaker and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday took a dig at the PML-N saying the leaders of the party were “lying on a burning griddle”.

Elahi clarified that he had not withdrawn from the Punjab chief minister contest, maintaining that elections for the slot were not held.

“They (PML-N) do not stand anywhere because he (Hamza) has not even taken oath [as Punjab chief minister]. We will give them a surprise in Punjab as we did earlier,” he said.

The PML-Q leader maintained that the Sharifs had lost the “game in Centre” and were now “lying on a burning griddle”.

He claimed that the PML-N had lost popularity among masses and was not a “failed” party.

Speaking about the Punjab Assembly chaos during the election of the chief minister on April 16, Elahi said never had it happened in the history that police entered the assembly and took the law in their hands.

He said the British high commissioner came to him and recalled that such an incident occurred in England 100 years ago but the king at the time tendered an apology for the violence.

Elahi alleged that Hamza had ordered an attack on him on April 16. “But when he (Hamza) was in trouble, I issued his production order.”