Pakistan: PPP terms Nisar’s allegation ‘baseless’

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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab Secretary General Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has expressed abhorrence over what he called “baseless” allegations of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan against veteran PPP leader Chaudhry Atizaz Ahsan.

In a statement on Friday, Kaira said that Senator Atizaz Ahsan is a top legal mind of the country who has rendered invaluable services for the cause constitution, independence of judiciary and democracy throughout his life.

Reacting to the interior minister’s allegations, Kaira said that one could not understand motives of the interior minister for “indecent” politics at a time when PML-N was struggling for its survival and the PPP was extending qualitative support to save the system that would ensure the incumbent government to continue as a consequence.

He said that National Assembly Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Shah and Senate Opposition Leader Aitzaz Ahsan advised the prime minister to call the joint session of the parliament that would get the winds out of the sail of protesting parties that had almost monopolised the TV screens with devastating pressure on the system and especially on the government. The PPP leader said that the opposition’s support to the constitution and democracy expressed in the parliament had provided the much-needed stability and confidence to the shaky government to stand on firm feet. He said that some elements of the ruling party apparently were determined to rock the boat that clearly suggested that they were driven by their sheer short-sightedness as their activities were hurting the government than helping it. Kaira maintained that the need of the hour was that the mandarins should be gearing up pro-actively to mobilise the support from whatever source in favour of the government instead of being engaged in throwing spanner in the works, may be by default.