July 20, 2006	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Sani 23, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, July 19: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) information secretary Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said the party had decided to organise conferences throughout the country on July 26 to highlight “mega-scandals and mega-corruption” of the rulers as part of its protest campaign against the government’s anti-people policies.

Speaking at a news conference with PML-N Islamabad chapter president Dr Tariq Chaudhry, the party’s information secretary said these conferences would be held in Islamabad and all the four provincial capitals, simultaneously.

The PML-N leader said in these conferences the masses would be apprised of the background of the decision of Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) regarding setting the July 31 deadline for the ouster of present rulers.

Mr Iqbal said after moving a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly, the party would launch a mass mobilisation campaign against the government. He said their struggle would continue till the ouster of the present regime.

Criticising the economic policies of the government, he said even the State Bank of Pakistan’s report had revealed that trade deficit had reached the dangerous mark. He expressed the fear that the government might use the amount collected through privatisation of national assets to meet this trade deficit.

He said if the government used privatisation proceeds to meet the trade deficit then it would amount to “economic murder” of the nation. He further demanded that the government should present the agreement of privatisation of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) before the parliament.

The PML-N leader said they were consulting lawyers to move courts against the government for its involvement in mega- scandals of corruption.

Mr Iqbal demanded formation of a joint parliamentary committee to oversee the privatisation process and monitor the use of money collected through the process.

He said the opposition had been raising voice against the non-transparent privatisation policy of the government for the past five years.