Punjab govt eager to politically victimise PTI: Aslam Iqbal

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The Pak­istan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to form a shadow cabinet in Punjab to monitor the provincial government’s performance in each administrative department.

Party’s senior leader Mian Aslam Iqbal, in hiding since the May 9 violent protest, says the party has decided to form a shadow cabinet to scrutinise the performance of the ‘stolen-mandate government’ in Punjab.

Tweeting from his X handle, Mr Iqbal said the incumbent Punjab government was ambitious to unleash political victimisation instead of public welfare. “The PTI will closely watch the performance of each department through its shadow-cabinet,” he said.

Mr Iqbal said no one saw or heard firing during the Sunday protest at the GPO Chowk but the Punjab police unleashed fascism. “The PTI will fight against fascism at every front,” he resolved.

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