Minister promises swift, inexpensive justice

Rafique calls on political parties to promote democracy within

LAHORE:

Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will introduce reforms in the judicial system of the country for quick and doubtless justice to people after coming to power.

Addressing an organisational meeting of the party in his constituency on Sunday, he said that it is the responsibility of parliament to provide swift justice to the common man. He said that if the PML-N gets an opportunity, such a judicial system would be introduced through legislation in which favouritism would not have any place.

The minister said that the PML-N would also introduce a revolutionary economic framework for which they needed the support of people, and it is not possible in merely six months.

In the new economic framework, the tax net would be expanded without putting any burden on the poor and deprived citizens of the country, he said, adding that the government structure would be reduced and expenditures of all government institutions would be decreased.

He also said that the PML-N would work for the common man instead of the rich, adding that he was part of the current democratic system for changing the system. “This democratic system of billionaires cannot run the country progressively,” he further said.

Rafique said that elections had become a commercial activity, as political parties did not give tickets to political workers if they did not have the resources to contest elections.

He said that political parties were not well organised and it was the responsibility of political parties and their leaderships to introduce a democratic culture in their parties and allow political workers to come forward.

“We will continue to raise our voice for the rights of workers in parties,” he pledged.

The minister said that political workers should decide who their representative would be in the union council, provincial assemblies, or the National Assembly (NA).

He said that there were some basic points for which the PML-N workers would have to struggle for.

“Attempts were always made to suppress and crush us; we were beaten, but all these attempts could not succeed,” Rafique said.