LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has claimed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government’s relations with its allies were exemplary and the opposition will have to face humiliation for spreading despair.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said the opposition’s attempt to create cracks in the ruling coalition would be foiled as it was doing “politics of anarchy”.

He also claimed the country’s economy had been stabilised and the government would now focus its attention on providing relief to the people.

The chief minister said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government was taking all possible administrative measures to overcome the price hike problem, besides other positive initiatives to resolve the masses problems.

He said the government had taken unprecedented practical steps to bring prosperity and comfort in the people’s lives.

He regretted that the previous rulers focused their attention on “filling up their own coffers” instead of ensuring country’s progress and prosperity and added that the whole nation was now paying a very heavy price for their “misdeeds”.

GOVERNOR: Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said the opposition was not united and has lost people’s trust as its components do not believe in each other.

In a meeting with three provincial ministers -- Basharat Raja, Ansar Majeed Khan Niazi and Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti at the Governor House on Sunday, Mr Sarwar said the opposition was fighting just to save its own skin.

He said obstructing transparent and indiscriminate accountability for even a single minute would not be in the country’s interest.

Stating the federal and Punjab governments were taking practical steps for the public welfare, he said a policy was being formulated to do away with problems like price hike.

The governor said the opposition might continue making plans, but it would not succeed in its agenda come what may.

He said the opposition’s dream of mid-term elections would never come true as the its component parties were only watching their own interests.

About the opposition parties, he said they would be left with nothing to sell to people once the present government completed its tenure in 2023. “The opposition, instead of resorting to protests and creating chaos, must play its democratic role inside and out of the parliament,” he suggested.

Later, in a meeting with Christian community’s delegation led by PTI MNA Shanila Ruth, the governor said the minorities were enjoying complete freedom in Pakistan and their lives and properties were safe here.

He said all minorities living in Pakistan were playing an active role in strengthening the country, while India was giving a very shameful treatment to its minority communities, exposing its anti-human face to the world.

Published in Dawn, February 10th, 2020