Chief Minister Aslam Raeesani should immediately return and control the situation or otherwise he should resign and Balochistan should be handed over to the Army – Ch Shujat Hussain

Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain has said democratic or undemocratic, the Army should take control of Balochistan, circumstances there have worsened greatly, Chief Minister Aslam Raeesani should immediately return and control the situation or otherwise he should resign and Balochistan should be handed over to the Army forthwith.

Important headway made in negotiations of Ch Shujat Hussain, Parvez Elahi with Dr Tahirul Qadri

Consultations on legal points to continue, matters can be settled before he reaches Islamabad, PML leaders. Result will be known at the end of the long march, Tehrik Minhajul Quran chief's talk with media

Underground train would have been running in Lahore now if Shahbaz Sharif had not ended our project

Kamil Ali Agha says the present rulers are resorting to baseless allegations in order to cover up their corruption and inefficiency

Lahore (January 12, 2013) Pakistan Muslim League Central Information Secretary Senator Kamil Ali Agha has said that if Shahbaz Sharif had not ended our project started with international investment, underground train would have been running in Lahore now, those who have dumped trillions of rupees of public money in "Jangla Bus" and other flop schemes are now resorting to baseless allegations in order to cover up their corruption and inefficiency.

Shatrughin Sinha calls on Ch Shujat Hussain Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 08-01-2013: Indian actor and Bhartiya Janta Party's Member of the Lok Sabha Shatrughin Sinha called on Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi at their residence here today.

On this occasion, Ch Javed Chatha, Major (R) Tahir Sadiq, Moonis Elahi, Raza Hayat Hairaj, Shafay Hussain and Aleem Adil Shaikh were also present.

Shatrughin Sinha said that he has very old relations with the Chaudhry Brothers who are very lovable and social, "whenever I come to Pakistan I specially visit and meet Ch Shujat Hussain and Ch Parvez Elahi and never gone back without meeting them".

He said that Pakistan is his second home and he has never felt strangeness here, Pakistanis have always welcomed him enthusiastically and affectionately and given him special love and affection which he has never forgotten. 

مسلم لیگ یوتھ ونگ کا ہر جوان پارٹی کا سرمایہ ہے، الیکشن میں سرپرائز دینگے: شافع حسین

مضبوط یوتھ ونگ مضبوط پارٹی کی علامت ہے نوجوانوں کو زیادہ سے زیادہ یوتھ ونگ کا حصہ بنایا جائے: جنرل سیکرٹری ذوالفقار پپن سے ملاقات و گفتگو

Notables delegation from NA- 124 and PP- 145 call on Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 06-01-2013: A delegation of notables from National Assembly constituency NA-124 and Punjab Assembly constituency PP-145 called on Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi at his residence here today.
The delegation, headed by former MPA Haji Imdad Hussain and including notables belonging to different communities, discussed at length political situation of the area with Ch Parvez Elahi, .
Delegation demanded that from NA constituency, wife of Peoples Party central leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan and prominent social worker Bushra Aitzaz Ahsan and from Provincial Assembly constituency PML's Haji Imdad Hussain should be nominated as the joint candidates. They held out the assurance that the people will ensure success of these candidates with over-whelming majority and defeat the opponents.
Delegation included Ch Mahmud Sadiq Aulakh, Omar Butt, Mehr Ashiq, Sadiq Ali Aulakh, Haji Khadim Hussain, Malik Shakeel Awan, Captain Tariq, Ch Riaz Rasool, Ch Ashiq Jatt, Imtiaz Khalid Aulakh, Karamat Ali Chaudhry, Mehr Ashraf, Umar Talib, Ch Muhammad Akhtar, Amanat Ali Ansari and Mian Muhammad Ayub among others.

Alliance with Peoples Party will remain intact, seat adjustment will also be done, no indication given to participate in long march, Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 01-01-2013: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that PML's alliance with Peoples Party will remain intact and in the next elections seat adjustment will also be done, electoral reforms are necessary but not given any indication to participate in the long march nor there has been any talk between Dr Tahirul Qadri and us in this regard, electoral reforms can take place before the elections on which we will try for broader consensus including Dr Tahirul Qadri, bitter experience of bye-elections regarding Election Commission is before us. Addressing a crowded press conference at his residence here today, Ch Parvez Elahi said that PML alliance with Peoples Party is working smoothly, we also have alliance with Sunni Ittehad Council headed by Sahibzada Fazal Karim, in the elections we will try to have alliance and seat adjustment with other parties including Tehrik Minhajul Quran of Dr Tahirul Qadri which has entered the field with a new thinking. Muhammad Basharat Raja, Senator Kamil Ali Agha and Ch Zaheeruddin Khan were also present on the occasion. The Deputy Prime Minister said that bitter experience in the bye-elections about the Election Commission is before all, Election Commission could not stop N-League from indulging in rigging despite our reservations, N-League also brought bad name to the Election Commission, because of this they are doing cat walk with two third majority in their pocket even before the general elections. Ch Parvez Elahi threw a challenge that those claiming good governance during last five years in the Punjab should compare with our tenure, the projects which they describe as golden projects are all flops, reports of Auditor General Punjab and NAB have pinpointed massive level corruption in these projects, roads are broken and reconstructed again in particular in "Jangla Bus" all rules and regulations have been openly flouted and violated for which they will have to answer. He pointed out that Metro Train project, foundation of which was laid by us, was the most modern project of the worlds on which not a single pie of Punjab Govt. and people was spent whereas on "Jangla Bus" subsidy of Rs one billion per month will be provided out of the tax money of the people. He said that N-League govt. is running due to kindness of the media otherwise they are not doing any good work as such. He said that life of Lahore Metro Train Service infrastructure was more than 100 years on which 35 thousand passengers would have travelled every hour while the life of "Jangla Bus Service" is only few years and will carry only 5000 passengers per hour. He said this project has put "Janglas" between the people of Lahore, families living in Lahore and culture of Lahore. He said this project will prove to be graveyard of N-League in Lahore, Ferozepur Road in last eleven months has been fully completed three times and broken again. He said that in the expenses being incurred on "Jangla Bus", expenditures to be incurred on the destroyed roads, electricity, telephones, gas, water pipelines and their installations again and repairs are not being mentioned anywhere. Ch Parvez Elahi said that the result of the five years performance of the present Punjab Govt. is before the media people, trillions of rupees of the public money have been dumped in the failed and flop schemes and this has also been verified by the Auditor General Punjab and Chairman NAB. Continuing, Ch Parvez Elahi said for the "Jangla Bus" project rendering Punjab bankrupt that under the "good governance programme" of Shahbaz Sharif, thousands of shops have been demolished and destroyed, shopkeepers are sitting idle with no business to do and poor salesman and small employees have been rendered unemployed in thousands. He said the present rulers should have fear of the wrath of Almighty Allah and pay the compensation to the affectees first on priority basis. He said against this our record, construction projects started by us including Ring Road, Under Passes, not only the owners of the land but also the tenants were adequately compensated according to their satisfaction. He said further that during our tenure of five years in the Punjab, we had constructed new 37 thousand kilometers long roads, more than the previous 55 years, completed Lahore Ring Road up to 70 per cent and Lahore Kasur Road was also completed to the extent of 90 per cent by us but they have put their plaques on these projects claiming that these have been constructed by them. He said that during his tenure of five years, his objective was to bring about welfare, social and economic change among the people of the entire province, they are talking loudly about "change, change" but the process of change during his tenure had covered rapidly long distances in all fields and sectors including health and education, they have put all the resources of the Punjab on just 27 kilometer road in Lahore, made peoples resources as their own "jageer" and made the people die of hunger, businesses of the large number of people have ended, people are struck up for hours together in massive traffic jams causing huge loss of fuel worth about Rs 5 crore daily, diseases are also born additionally whereas there are 8 hospitals on this road, peoples access to these hospitals in the serious emergency has been made quite difficult while the difficulties being faced by the people and the students in going to and coming from schools, colleges, mosques and offices located on the way.

Imran Khan has a separate position among the youth, Ch Shujat Hussain

Dr Tahirul Qadri has entered the field with a new thought: Talk with media on return from Jeddah

Lahore: 31-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain has said that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has a separate place among the youth whereas Tehrik Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has entered the field with a new thought.

He said this while talking to media here today on return from Jeddah after performing "Umrah".

To a question regarding statement attributed to him about Dr Tahirul Qadri and Imran Khan, Ch Shujat Hussain said that he has not said anything wherein it is said that Imran Khan's future is not better. He said that he has always said that Imran Khan has his own position among the youth. Continuing, he said that about Dr Tahirul Qadri, he had said few days back that he has come with a new thought "whereas the statement attributed to me is contrary to my stance".

Ch Parvez Elahi meets Pir of Pagara consultation to continue for future strategy

Deputy PM meets big industrialists in Karachi, meet Karachi Chamber and EPZA members
Lahore: 26-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi met Pir Sahib of Pagara Pir Sibghatullah Rashdi at Raja House in Karachi today and afterwards talking to media along with him said that for chalking out future strategy, mutual consultation will continue.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that we have old relationship with Pir Pagara which is continuing from our elders, this relationship will be strengthened further and move onward.
On this occasion, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Imtiaz Shaikh, Alim Adil Shaikh, Asad Junejo and Dr A. R. Khalid were also present.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that it cannot be said as regard next general elections that one party will sweep, new alliances will be formed, it will be difficult to go into elections without any alliance, consultation with Pir Sahib of Pagara will continue regarding the situation in future, it will be our effort in the elections that we evolve such a strategy whose agenda should be security and strengthening of Pakistan, pulling Pakistan out of difficulties and making it economically strong country.
He said further that everyone is pained over degradation of circumstances but it is more painful for Muslim Leaguers and Muslim League, there is no Muslim Leaguer who is not willing to take couple of steps ahead and play his role for strengthening and stability of Pakistan.
He said that he and Ch Shujat Hussain have invited Pir Sahib of Pagara that whenever he visits Lahore, we should meet and mutually discuss and adopt a strategy, such a way be adopted in particular in the next elections which strengthens Pakistan in any form. He said that he has seen that Pir Sahib of Pagara believes in consultation and very senior people are with him in particular Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is an old Muslim Leaguer and Khar Sahib is also very experienced and "I hope consultation with all of them will hopefully make good headway". In reply to a question, he said that our thinking is very positive and is for Pakistan, we are activating our party in Sindh.
During stay in Karachi, Ch Parvez Elahi attended a dinner hosted by prominent industrialist Bashir Jan Muhammad and also met big industrialists and members of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA).

"Parha Likha Punjab" was beginning, our destination is "Parha Likha Pakistan" which we will achieve Insha-Allah on winning the elections, Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 25-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that "Parha Likha Punjab was a beginning and our destination is Parha Likha Pakistan which we, Insha-Allah, achieve after winning the elections, rate of literacy in Punjab had increased to 62 per cent as a result of revolutionary measures taken by him as the Chief Minister, enrolment in educational institutions had increased up to 70 per cent and establishment of educational institutions in public-private partnership is a positive steps. He said this while addressing 5th Convocation of Dadabhoy Institute for Higher Education in Karachi today. Institute's Chairman Abdullah Dadabhoy presented the welcome address. Higher Education Commission's former Chairman Dr Attaur Rahman also addressed the convocation. Advisor to the Sindh Chief Minister Haleem Adil Shaikh, Director of the Institute Professor Dr S. Altaf Hussain were also present on this occasion. At the end of the convocation, degrees were distributed among more than 400 girls and boys students. Ch Parvez Elahi said that task of the universities is not only transferring of old knowledge but also to create new knowledge and universities change the fate of the nations and added that who can forget the role of the Muslim University Aligarh in the creation of Pakistan. He said as the Punjab Chief Minister did numerous works in the social sector in the fields of health, education, restoration and improvement of law and order, provision of justice and rule of law besides welfare and well-being of the common man, in order to change the condition of the poor removed all obstructions in the way of their education. Elaborating these measures, he said that these included free education and free text books up to Matric for 2 crore 80 lakhs boys and girls students, monthly stipends for 11 lakhs boys and girls students, promotion of technical education, establishment of 18 new universities in the public and private sectors, setting of first women university in Rawalpindi, two medical universities in the public sector, first veterinary university of the country in Lahore, 119 new institutions for handicapped children, degree colleges for special children in Lahore and Bahawalpur, provision of free brail, wheel chairs, artificial limbs, hearing aids and pick and drop facility for the special children, monthly stipend and supply of free milk in school and reserved quota for special children in all educational institutions. He pointedly stated that as a result of all these measures literacy rate in the province had increased to 62 per cent from 47 per cent whereas enrolment in educational institutions increased up to 70 per cent. Ch Parvez Elahi said that "Parha Likha Punjab was a beginning and Parha Likha Pakistan is our destination" and we will, Inshallah, achieve this destination on coming into power again. He said we need such beneficiary knowledge which improves our character, strengthens our economy and removes our social and cultural worries and for this heavy responsibility devolves on educational institutions in particular the higher education institutions, establishment of educational institutions in private-public partnership is a positive step towards shouldering of this responsibility. He said it is a matter of great happiness that in the fields of education and IT, Sindh Govt's nominated students many classes are still continuing in collaboration with Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education. He said messengers of disappointment are active today in every sphere of life, Almighty Allah prohibits us, the Muslims, not to be dismayed over His blessings and this is why "I have been disappointed even in my ordinary life". He said that he sees institutes like Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, see a sparkle in the eyes of the youth, see their confidence and courage "then I become more hopeful and confident as regards the future". Towards the end, Ch Parvez Elahi prayed for long life of Abdullah Dadabhoy and spreading of his mission so that he continues to play his role in the field of education and national development. He prayed to Almighty Allah to bless us with so much courage and strength that we are able to bring about revolution in the field of education specially in higher education to change the fate of common man.

N-League ticket holder from Chakwal Nisar Qasim joins PML

Development of rural areas always given preference, gas and electricity also being provided to far flung villages, Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 25-12-2012: N-League former ticket holder from PP-22 Chakwal Pir Nisar Qasim has joined Pakistan Muslim League along with thousands of his colleagues.
He made the announcement when he called on Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi at his residence here today. He was accompanied by Sardar Ghulam Mehdi, Ch Muhammad Ali, Ch Ghulam Haider, Ch Qasim Ali, Ch Tanveer Ali advocate and several other local leaders. Ch Zaheeruddin Khan and Muhammad Basharat Raja were also present on the occasion.
While making the announcement, Pir Nisar Qasim expressed complete confidence in the leadership of Ch Shujat Hussain and Ch Parvez Elahi. Describing five years tenure of Ch Parvez Elahi as the Chief Minister as golden era of the Punjab, he said that the prosperous Punjab of his tenure has been rendered bankrupt by N-League, crime ratio has increased greatly, Mian Brothers even do not listen to their parliamentarians and only impose their orders because of not only people but most of the N-League members of the assemblies are also unhappy and many N-League parliamentarians will be announcing quitting of the party after the elections are announced.
Welcoming Pir Nisar Qasim in PML fold, Ch Parvez Elahi said with his joining the PML will become more stronger in Chakwal. He said provision of basic facilities to the people is our mission because of this we have also launched plans for providing gas to the villages while electricity is also being supplied in the far flung villages as well. He said that he has always given preference and special attention to the development of backward and rural areas. He said further that as the Chief Minister, he got more than 37 thousand kilometers of concrete roads which greatly benefitted the farmers in the province and their crops are reaching from fields to the markets timely.

PML will always be sharing moments of happiness and sorrow with Christian brethren

 Lahore: 24-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Husain and senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi have felicitated Christian brethren on the auspicious occasion of Christmas and said that PML will always be sharing moments of happiness and sorrow with the Christians.

In their separate messages of felicitations, the two leaders have said that our party celebrates all religious festivities of followers of all religions living in Pakistan at party level in which the leaders as well as workers actively participate.

They said that in the light of teachings of Islam and Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, we have always made all possible effort to defend the rights and interests of the Christian community and other minorities and taken effective and result-oriented measures for ensuring respectable status for them in the society.

They further said that PML believes in mutual and religious harmony and will continue efforts for their promotion, has taken a number of great steps of historical importance during its tenure for the minorities including right of dual vote for the minorities, doubling of their quota in jobs and provision of substantial development funds.

They said that PML in future will also continue efforts for solution of their problems and accepting their demands which also include increasing minorities’ representation in the Senate and the assemblies. #

Entire nation should be united like a rock in the defence of Pakistan, Ch. Shujat Hussain, Ch. Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 24-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Chaudhry Shujat Hussain & senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi have said that following the principles of unity, faith and discipline of founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the entire nation should be united like a rock to meet the challenges confronting Pakistan.

On the birth anniversary of the father of the nation both the leaders have felicitated people of Pakistan and said in their separate messages that grave internal and external threats to security and solidarity of Pakistan today are before everyone, for pulling the motherland out of those threats in the light of teachings of Islam and the Quaid-e-Azam besides tolerance and respect we will have to give preference to national interests over personal, party and political interests, have to foil the evil designs of Pakistan through unity and reconciliation by defending national security and solidarity at all cost and pledge for making effective and result oriented efforts for progress and development of Pakistan and prosperity of common man so that dream of the Quaid-e-Azam and our elders of an Islamic welfare state can be realized and we should be ready to offer any sacrifice for achieving this great objective.#

Nominated Punjab Governor calls on Ch Shujat Hussain Ch Parvez Elahi at their residence

My father greatly respected Ch Zahoor Elahi, Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood

Lahore: 24-12-2012: Nominated Punjab Governor Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mahmood called on Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi at their residence here today.

On this occasion PML Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah President Syed Qasim Shah, former Provincial Minister Mian Imran Masood, Ch Shafaat Hussain, Mian Haroon Masood and Rasikh Elahi were also present.

Talking on this occasion, Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood said "Our and your families are old Muslim Leaguers. My and your elders had close personal relations. My late father Makhdoom Hassan Mahmood greatly respected Ch Zahoor Elahi Shaheed and met him with great reverence and respect whereas I also have great respect and prestige of yours in my heart". He expressed the confidence that old relations between the two families will always remain.

The nominated Punjab Governor further said that he will try to perform his constitutional role in an appreciable manner.

Ch Shujat Hussain and Ch Parvez Elahi felicitated Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood and said that they also highly appreciate the old and close relations between the two families.

Ch Shujat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain Sayed and Syed Qasim Shah attend Bashir Bilour's funeral prayers

Ch Parvez Elahi expresses condolence with bereaved family on telephone
Islamabad: 23-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain, Secretary General Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed and provincial president Syed Qasim Shah attended funeral prayers of ANP senior leader and Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah province Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour while PML senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi telephoned his son Usman Bilour from Lahore and expressed his heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family.
Ch Shujat Hussain along with high level party delegation reached Bashir Ahmed Bilour's residence in Peshawar and expressed their condolences with his brothers Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Senator Ilyas Bilour and Aziz Bilour as well as his sons.
PML leaders also expressed their condolences over tragic demise of Bashir Ahmed Bilour with ANP President Asfand Yar Wali, Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and other party leaders and conveyed their heartfelt sorrow and grief and greatly lauded services of the late Bashir Ahmed Bilour for the nation and the country. PML central joint secretary Sufi Anwar was also with the delegation.

Cycle takes to destination, brainless lion has rendered Punjab bankrupt, Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 22-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that cycle takes the rider to destination and lion has no brain which has rendered prosperous Punjab of our tenure bankrupt by hitting it with paws. Addressing the inaugural function of KFC and talking to media in Gujrat today, Ch Parvez Elahi said we had established industrial estates in the province to eliminate unemployment and launched mega projects to attract foreign investment. He said that in the next general elections our election symbol will remain cycle. He said that the lion hits with paws and with first paw hit, he shut our projects in the province, then hitting with paws billions of rupees were wasted, plundered and looted through schemes like Danish Schools, Sasti Roti Scheme, Yellow Cab Scheme, Mechanical Tandoor, Ashiana Housing Scheme and devastated the province. Ch Parvez Elahi maintained that as the Chief Minister, he had launched several projects and programmes for progress and development of the province, people are still benefitting from them, "my mission was also to eliminate unemployment from the province, for the industrial and trade development I established Sunder Industrial Estate, Faisalabad Garments City and industrial estates in Multan, provided opportunities to the foreign companies for investment and business in the Punjab from which local industry is also benefitting, lakhs of employment opportunities were created during my tenure".

By establishing Prosecution Service and Consumer Courts we provided cheap justice to people: Ch. Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 20-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has questioned how those who have created record for worst rule in Punjab will make a new Pakistan? He said present govt. of the province has utterly failed in solving the peoples' problems and has demonstrated its inefficiency and incapability in every matter.

Development of national economy not possible without making farmer prosperous, Ch Shujat Hussain

Islamabad: 19-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain has said that agriculture sector plays important role in the growth of national economy, dream of agricultural development cannot be realized without making the farmer prosperous, electricity is provided free in India for agricultural purposes, for growth of national economy and agriculture in particular relief will have to be given to the farmers of Punjab.

PML will continue to play effective role for minorities on every forum, Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 19-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has distributed here today cheques amounting Rs 25 lakhs among the needy Christian brethren in connection with Christmas.

PML Celebrates Christmas with Shujat's Commitment to Inter-Faith Dialogue

Islamabad: 18-12-2012: President of Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujat Hussain on Tuesday said that his party was committed to promote dialogue and interfaith harmony between the followers of different faiths and it would continue to promote interfaith harmony in the country. Addressing the participants of a function held here at the PML House to mark the celebrations of Christmas, Ch Shujat conveyed his heartfelt felicitations to the Christian community on the eve of Christmas. He said that the PML was the only party which always celebrates the religious festivities of the minorities. He said that Quaid-e-Azam had underscored the need to remove all sorts of differences among all civilians. He said the PML strongly believed that all citizens of the country were only Pakistanis and there was no identity of all other than Pakistani. He said that he personally believed that the word of minority should be used rarely and every citizen should be known as Pakistani as all were equal before the law.

Increase in gas tariff for mosques, minorities places of worship, shrines has been withdrawn, Ch Parvez Elahi

Domestic tariff to apply, Decision taken during meeting with leaders of Ittehad Tanzeemaat-e-Madaris in Islamabad in light of consultations with the Prime Minister and Ch Shujat Hussain

Lahore: 18-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that it has been decided to withdraw the increase in gas tariff for all mosques, madaris, Imam bargahs, shrines churches and minorities places of worship. He made this announcement during his meeting with the leaders of Ittehad Tanzeemaat-e- Madaris Pakistan in Islamabad today in the light of consultations with PML President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf.

US Ambassador calls on Ch Shujat Hussain and Parvez Elahi

Views exchanged on situation in region and different aspects of Pak-US relations
Lahore: 17-12-2012: US Ambassador in Pakistan Dr Richard Olson called on Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and senior civil central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi at their residence here today. Secretary General Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed was also present on the occasion.

Kashmir issue solution is must for durable Indo- Pak friendship, Ch Shujat Hussain

APHC delegation headed by Mir Waiz Umar Farooq calls on Ch Shujat Hussain & Ch Parvez Elahi

Lahore: 17-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Ch Shujat Hussain has said now we should talk about Kashmiris instead of Kashmir, it is not a matter of land or region but of rights, we will have to take immediate steps for solving the problem, implementation of UN Resolution can take another 50 years, Kashmir issue solution is must for durable Indo-Pak friendship and All Parties Hurriyet Conference should also be involved in the talks process.

He said this while talking to a delegation headed by Mir Waiz Umar Farooq and media at his residence here today. On the occasion, party's senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi, Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed, MNA Dr Attiya Inayatullah, Advisor to the Prime Minister Syed Qasim Shah, Advisor to Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Razzaq Khan, Mrs Farrukh Khan, Fauzia Naz, Mustafa Malik, , Barrister Shazia Anjum, Naeem Jauta and other leaders were also present.

Ch Shujat Hussain further said that for lasting solution of the Kashmir issue, it is essential that the Kashmiris leadership should be fully taken into confidence and this should be according to the aspirations of the people. He said that the Kashmiris are offering great sacrifices for the right of self-determination and we fully support them.

All Parties Hurriyet Conference leader Mir Waiz Umar Farooq said that Pakistan Muslim League leadership is sincere in the solution of Kashmir issue and we have been assured whenever meeting with the Indian leadership will be held, Kashmir issue will be raised before them, Kashmiris right of self-determination is also included in PML manifesto and they regard us as the only representative organization of the Kashmiris, for solution of Kashmir issue it will have to be raised at every level and the beginning of friendship of India and Pakistan is linked with Kashmir issue.

PML Secretary General Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said that path for peace in Kabul and the region passes through Kashmir, we have told the American and European leaders that not only peace in Kabul but talks should also be held for granting the right of self-determination to the Kashmiris. He said that we recognize Hurriyet Conference as the only representative body of the Kashmiris, status quo on Kashmir has to be ended, Kashmir issue is on top of the PML manifesto and we will continue raising voice for Kashmiris everywhere and on all forums.

Punjab Govt and departments' 65 % corruption has also been confirmed by Auditor General before Chairman NAB, Ch Parvez Elahi address at party meeting

Lahore: 15-12-2012: Pakistan Muslim League senior central leader and Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi while commenting on Chairman NAB Admiral (R) Syed Faish Bokhari's statement about 65 % corruption in Punjab Government and departments has said that earlier on Auditor General of Pakistan has confirmed corruption in the province.

Rana Asif Tauseef denies any contact with N- League, ready to contest elections under leadership of Ch Shujat Hussain, Ch Parvez Elahi

Islamabad (December 12, 2012) Pakistan Muslim League leader and Minister of State Rana Asif Tauseef has said that the party under the leadership of Ch Shujat Hussain and Ch Parvez Elahi is fully geared up to contest the general elections and will secure very significant success in the next polls.