Olive branch: Punjab government in bid to mollify Qadri

PML-N delegation to visit Minhajul Quran Secretariat today.


Abdul Manan June 19, 2014
File photo of Tahirul Qadri. PHOTO: ONLINE

LAHORE:


Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to normalise relations with Pakistan Awami Tehreek for which it has constituted a delegation which is expected to visit the Minhajul Quran Secretariat today (Thursday), The Express Tribune has learnt.


A meeting was convened under the leadership of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday which decided to send a delegation to Dr Tahirul Qadri’s residence.

According to sources, the Punjab cabinet delegation will be led by Provincial Minister for Labour and Human Resources Raja Ashfaq Sarwar.

The delegation will offer condolences to Minhajul Quran over the loss of the lives of 11 of its workers. If things go as expected it is likely that the prime minister will contact the PAT chief himself.

Sources added that the delegation would play the role of a jirga and would not only offer an apology but also ask Dr Qadri’s son, Hussain Mohiuddin, to voice his demands.

The official handout by the Punjab government confirmed that the cabinet had decided to send a delegation to Minhajul Quran’s Secretariat.

Sources revealed that before leaving for Tajikistan PM Nawaz Sharif had constituted a committee jointly headed by Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz to uplift the party’s image.

PML-N’s Parliamentary Secretary on Information, Rana Arshad told The Express Tribune that the judicial commission would probe the matter and all facts would be disclosed to the public.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2014.

COMMENTS (24)

imran | 9 years ago | Reply

Govt should not stope qadri sb and him's workers .if govt try to stope or divert them, it will be danger to govt

Smbfhs | 9 years ago | Reply

@sterry: Alas! But you are totally oblivious to the big time players & their politics. It's a cut-throat competition going on for "power & people" grab.

A national crime of yesterday may be diploma of success today but not for long. Billions are pouring into the country by expats.<<

People who are used to power & luxury and mistreatment of citizens cant want to live with new transparency rules. Media & power hubs are free to run.

ۥ Old time arm-twisting, threat & coercion are thing of the past. Canadian, Afghan, Indian, Kashmiri or Irani origins are not at all a basis of rejection.

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