Fighting words: Information minister dares Imran to stage sit-in at Minar-e-Pakistan

PPP and PML-Q accuses K-P government for failing to deliver.


Our Correspondent December 16, 2013
File photo of PTI Chairman, Imran Khan. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID/FILE

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan is fighting a proxy war against the federal and Punjab government on behalf of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), alleged Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid at a press conference in Lahore on Sunday.

The minister’s statement follows PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and the PML-Q leadership’s endorsement of a PTI protest against inflation, scheduled for December 22. Rashid drew comparisons between the performance of the PML-N’s federal and Punjab government and the PTI-led government in Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa, saying that Imran should hold the protest at Minar-e-Pakistan instead of on The Mall if he was still confident of his popularity.



The information minister warned against sit-ins against the PML-N government’s development and democratic achievements, commenting that prices of commodities in Peshawar are higher than in Lahore. He added that Imran’s popularity has taken a blow over the last six months as he failed to deliver on his promises in K-P and termed the PTI chief’s prediction of fresh elections in June 2014 an ‘immature approach’.

According to Rashid, Imran Khan may raise the issue of inflation at forums like parliament, whereas sit-ins only curbed democratic and development progress.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2013

COMMENTS (1)

Pakistani | 10 years ago | Reply

Information minister doing exactly the opposite of what he's supposed to be doing. Spreading Disinformation!! . He added that Imran’s popularity has taken a blow over the last six months as he failed to deliver on his promises in K-P and termed the PTI chief’s prediction of fresh elections in June 2014 an ‘immature approach’.

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