Fulfilling my duty as a Pakistani by voicing concern about Balochistan: Sharif
Not deliberately criticising govt for personal gains, doing this for national interest, says Sharif.
LAHORE:
Amid criticising voices from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that he was only “fulfilling his duty” as a citizen of Pakistan when he gave a statement regarding the security situation in Balochistan.
Speaking at Asma Jehangir’s residence in Lahore where he had gone for condolence, Sharif said that the Balochistan issue is of a sensitive nature and that it needed attention as the matter had already been delayed a lot.
Concurring with Sharif’s statement, Jehangir said that it was quite strange that PPP leaders were demanding that he take the responsibility although it was currently ruling the country.
Sharif said, “I want to give this message to the government that I am not deliberately criticising its governance - I am doing this for national interest, not for any personal gains. The government could have easily done a lot in its tenure of over 4.5 years.”
Countering PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira’s statement about withdrawing Frontier Corps (FC) from Balochistan, the PML-N leader said, “The entire country keeps talking about missing persons … who are they? Why are they apprehended? This is the duty of the incumbent government to take notice of all this so at least the wounds of Balochistan can be bandaged.”
He said that the government should take notice of the declining security situation in Balochistan while the locals were still demanding betterment as it will be the government that will lose the very chance of even meeting their demands.
Sharif said that if Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti was murdered in the previous government’s tenure, then this government should at least “expose the culprit” and do justice to his family.
The PML-N leader said that if the government thinks that the presence of FC is hampering the process of free and fair elections in the province, then it should be removed by the government.
Amid criticising voices from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that he was only “fulfilling his duty” as a citizen of Pakistan when he gave a statement regarding the security situation in Balochistan.
Speaking at Asma Jehangir’s residence in Lahore where he had gone for condolence, Sharif said that the Balochistan issue is of a sensitive nature and that it needed attention as the matter had already been delayed a lot.
Concurring with Sharif’s statement, Jehangir said that it was quite strange that PPP leaders were demanding that he take the responsibility although it was currently ruling the country.
Sharif said, “I want to give this message to the government that I am not deliberately criticising its governance - I am doing this for national interest, not for any personal gains. The government could have easily done a lot in its tenure of over 4.5 years.”
Countering PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira’s statement about withdrawing Frontier Corps (FC) from Balochistan, the PML-N leader said, “The entire country keeps talking about missing persons … who are they? Why are they apprehended? This is the duty of the incumbent government to take notice of all this so at least the wounds of Balochistan can be bandaged.”
He said that the government should take notice of the declining security situation in Balochistan while the locals were still demanding betterment as it will be the government that will lose the very chance of even meeting their demands.
Sharif said that if Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti was murdered in the previous government’s tenure, then this government should at least “expose the culprit” and do justice to his family.
The PML-N leader said that if the government thinks that the presence of FC is hampering the process of free and fair elections in the province, then it should be removed by the government.