LAHORE, April, 18: The NWFP government has finalized the Nifaz-i-Shariat bill, which would be moved in the provincial assembly on April 21.

NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani made this statement while talking to journalists at a mosque here on Friday. The provincial assembly would also be presented with an Ombudsman Act for creation of provincial and district offices of the ombudsman, he said. The act would also create district-level committees of prominent people to help the office of ombudsman to check corruption at all levels.

Mr Durrani also alleged that certain elements in the National Assembly were hatching conspiracies against the NWFP assembly. They are also claiming that the provincial assembly is engaged in making cosmetic changes and playing to the gallery. This, he claimed, was propaganda of some “on behalf on others”.

The NWFP government was committed to Islamization of the province, which, he hoped, would prove to be the first drop of rain. Fifty-year-old problems cannot be solved in four months, but they would certainly be sorted out with the passage of time, he claimed.

Mr Durrani also urged people from the Punjab to stand up and make the rulers enforce Islam in the province. The NWFP is only setting an example to be followed by others. The Punjab, being the largest province, had special responsibilities in this regard, he emphasized.

Talking about the presence of FBI in the province, the CM said that his government had told them that it was capable of managing law and order on its own and did not need any outside help. The law and order situation was good in the NWFP, the chief minister claimed and termed any claims to the contrary sheer propaganda.

It was being claimed that the MMA government in NWFP was against English language. Actually, the government was only opposed to the English culture, he said. English as a medium of instruction has not been replaced anywhere in the province. On the contrary, many Urdu medium schools have been converted into English medium for children of the poor.

The government has allowed students to take the provincial civil service (PCS) exams in Urdu. This would allow more students into the competition and strengthen the services. This, in no way, could be termed as anti-English drive, he insisted.