Opp asks CM to resign
OPPOSITION Leader in Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Zaheer on Friday demanded resignation from Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, alleging that the CM had lost the mandate due to his inefficiency.

Addressing a press conference along with female parliamentarian Amina Ulfat, he expressed his dissatisfaction over the technical committee report on Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana’s plaza. He said the directions should be issued to the official committee for immediately presenting its report on the legal or illegal status of the plaza.

Zaheer said police stations were the nurseries for criminals while the province was the centre of human rights violations. He asked the CM that what kind of action had been initiated against the MPA who supervised torture of his opponents.

He demanded the Punjab government ensure the recovery of the kidnapped child from Jhelum within 24 hours while arresting the kidnappers.






Police brutality in Punjab: Opp leader demands CM’s resignation

LAHORE: Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Zaheeruddin on Friday demanded Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif to resign from office over the ‘brutal’ police torture of citizens across the province.

Zaheer, while addressing a press conference at the Opposition Leader’s Chamber at Punjab Assembly premises, demanded Shahbaz to apologise to the people of Punjab for his ‘negligence and bad governance’. He also demanded that the Punjab Assembly be called into session over the law and order situation of the province.

Zaheer said police stations in Punjab had become the “nursery of crimes” and the province had become a hub of “inhumane activities” under the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led government. He said human right violations had increased manifold in the province due to the government’s ‘loose grip’ over administrative matters. The opposition leader also urged the CM to take action against PML-N Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shahid Bhatti who was present at the scene when police officers tortured some citizens in Chiniot.

Zaheer also alleged that all PML-N members were involved in different crimes and some of them had already been exposed in electricity and credit card scams. Shahbaz should “recheck” his party members’ political-cum-ethical credibility, he added.

Talking about Law Minister Rana Sanaullah’s illegal plaza, he said he was not satisfied with the report of the technical committee constituted by the government on the matter. Zaheer said he had also issued written orders to the committee to find out the facts and directed it to report to him without further delay. staff report

Opp leader threatens to quit Sanaullah plaza probe

* Zaheeruddin accuses Punjab govt of not cooperating with investigation
* Says he will announce final decision today

LAHORE: Punjab Opposition Leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin on Thursday warned that he would quit the parliamentary committee constituted to probe rana Sanaullah’s ‘illegal plaza’ if the Punjab government did not cooperate with him in establishing the facts of the case.

Zaheeruddin, who is head of the House fact-finding committee, told the media on his visit to the plaza that the government’s attitude towards the case was “not serious”.

Final decision: Vowing to reveal the facts about Sanaullah’s allegedly illegal high-rise, he said he would hold a meeting of the fact-finding committee on March 5 (today) at his chambers in the Punjab Assembly’s building and would make a final decision about leaving the committee.

Non-serious attitude: He said, “The Shahbaz government is not cooperating on the issue. Three weeks have gone by and I still haven’t received the names of the committee members... Shahbaz had declared in the House that all the committee members would be answerable to him about the legality or illegality of Sanaullah’s plaza, but none of them have contacted me in this regard.” The opposition leader also criticised committee members for failing to provide any facts or records regarding the case.

He also announced that the fact-finding committee would soon present all the facts and records it has collected so far before the media.

PML-Q withdraws candidate in JI’s favour

LAHORE, Feb 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have decided to go together on national issues and, as a sign of this unanimity, the QLeague has withdrawn its nominee for NA-123 by-polls in favour of JI’s Hafiz Salman Butt.

A decision to the effect was taken in a meeting between leaders of both the parties.

The PML-Q side was led by former chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Zaheeruddin, Moonis Elahi and Senator Kamil Ali Agha while Liaquat Baloch, Dr Waseem Akhtar, Amirul Azeem and Butt represented the JI.

Exchanging views on various national issues, including by-polls in NA-123, both the sides decided to adopt a joint line of action in future “in the larger interest of the masses”.

Keeping in view seniority of Butt, the PML-Q decided to withdraw its candidate Tahir Siddiq from the constituency.

A meeting of the elders of both the parties would be held at Muslim League House on Tuesday (tomorrow) to take into confidence workers of the PML-Q.

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