Federal Information Minister Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said that the ‘Plan C’ of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was not aimed at promoting chaos and anarchy but for causing ‘casualties’ to the common people.
Four people lost their lives in Lahore on Monday due to Imran Khan’s politics of agitation and violence, he maintained. The minister expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of four lives. He also expressed condolences with the bereaved families.
The minister said there was no logic of agitation as the government had already written a letter for the constitution of Judicial Commission on August 13. Imran, he said, should have announced at that time that he would accept the decision of the judicial commission. But he himself was a hurdle in the constitution of the commission, he asserted.
Rashid said the people of Lahore had totally rejected the politics of agitation and sit-ins introduced by the PTI. “The moment Imran leaves his Bani Gala residence, he tramples over the corpses of people,” he added.
He said the Punjab government fully facilitated the PTI but it violated its promise by resorting to violence, closure of roads and shops, and blocking the way of ambulances.
“We have seen at the Multan rally that people were dying but Imran Khan continued his speech. Same was repeated in Faisalabad and D-Chowk Islamabad and today four more people became victim of his stubbornness,” he added.
The minister said all this happened due to provocative speeches of PTI’s leadership. “The tigers of PTI are in fact wolves.”
He said not a single person had died in the movement for restoration of judiciary and the political movements of other leaders. The PTI, he added, was promoting intolerance and violence in the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2014.
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The press releases of Mr. Rasheed have lost any impact due to his reaction on every event liable to respond or not. I feel people ignored his voice brutally and start taking him as a non-serious personality.
Solution of the Situation for the ones who sincerely want to know and get rid of it. 1. Shut down all the Islamic madrassas which are the training institutions for these millitants. 2. all religious groups and parties should be banned and closed and its all administration should be taken under radars of strict surveillance. Any one found violent should be hanged within a week of the crime. 3. Intelligence agencies should be used to spot and kill the terrorist in small and big operations. 4. every one should be licensed to keep a weapon with for self defence and to shoot the militant at first sight. 5. i can solve this problem within a week if given full power.
Dear Mr. Rasheed. You need to grow up. We all know our ABCs. Please act a little mature in this whole situation. Oh I'm sorry if you or your Govt. was mature enough we wont be standing at this point. Ps stop lying and hiding your Govt. wrong doing in the elections etc.
Its a pity when the government gets into self pity, like you are in a state now..