Lahore, February 10, 2023 (PPI-OT):Senior lawyers Jhangir A. Jhoja, Ishtiaq A. Khan and Rana Zulfiqar called on former Chief Minister Punjab Ch Parvez Elahi here today (Friday). In the meeting, former provincial ministers Raja Basharat, Mian Mahudur Rashid, Ch Khalid, Omar Sidhu, Khabib Baloch, Sarmad Chatha, Mudassar Zahoor, Tayyab Kahloon, Rana Asad Munir, Mian Ehtasham and Habibur Rehman were also present. In the meeting, concern was expressed over the government making political opponents missing, unconstitutional measures and illegal arrests.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that entire focus of PDM leadership is on making the ministers, has any PDM leader been left out from becoming the minister, minister of state, special assistant to PM or head of any government department, 85 members’ strong cabinet is only and only for personal relief and perks, government sources are being spent on the ministers instead of providing relief to the people
Ch Parvez Elahi said that the lawyers community should support Imran Khan in the struggle for supremacy of the Constitution and law and against government’s illegal measures, the rulers are playing with the Constitution and law and planning to prolong their rule, the Constitution under which the caretaker government was formed the same Constitution election are essential to be held in 90 days, judiciary is now focus of hope of the people for supremacy of the Constitution, hopefully the judiciary will give historic verdict regarding holding of election within stipulated period and also take notice of incidents of political opponents being disappeared by the rulers
He said that those violating the Constitution should listen that the Constitution will make them accountable, the caretaker setup instead of holding of election is busy in posting of favoured and biased officers and vengeful activities, PDM leadership is clearly seeing its defeat in the election, out of fear of defeat is running from election and heading towards violating the Constitution.
He said that after picking the political opponents they are being made disappeared, caretaker government is busy instead of making opponents disappear instead of holding election, every day new bomb of inflation and price hike is being thrown, the Finance Minister is announcing to further burden the masses with Rs 170-billion taxes, Imran Khan is on the nerves of the rulers, due to massive popularity of Imran Khan the rulers are running away from the election.
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