PTI slams Maryam for ‘calling KP corridor of terrorists, smugglers’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Saturday poured scorn at Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for her ‘preposterous’ remarks labeling Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as a corridor of terrorists and smugglers.

Referring to the Sharif family, they alleged that the pirates of Jati Umra were actually responsible for resurgence of terrorism because they ganged up with other crooked and criminals to oust PTI government to create a chaotic situation in the country.

Speaking at a press conference here along with PTI Secretary Information Punjab Shaukat Mahmood Basra, PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan blasted Maryam Nawaz for blaming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and PTI for political instability, and calling the province a corridor of militants and smugglers, which was the most absurd thing.

He made it clear that all governments except in KP were fake and unlawful and the reason of their frustration was that the nation rejected them on February 8, as none of the members of Sharif family including Nawaz could win their seats and soon the tribunals would expose their polls fraud before the nation.

Raoof vowed that they would continue their struggle against mandate theft until reclaiming their stolen mandate in KP, Punjab, centre, Sindh and even Balochistan.

He charged that the ‘Al-Sharifain’ were known for their enmity with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, being evident from Nawaz’s statement who used to called people as fool for inflicting him and his party repeated drubbing in elections.

Similarly, he recalled that Shehbaz Sharif even once addressed Taliban to spare Punjab, which meant that they could carry out terrorist activities elsewhere in the country. Raoof also lambasted Maryam for accusing KP of transporting ‘lethal strings’ to Punjab.

Raoof said that Al-Sharifain and their facilitators were responsible for the resurgence of the terrorism in the country because PMLN, PPP, MQM and others conspired to topple a stable PTI government to create a political vacuum in the country, which was filled by terrorists.

He recalled that terrorism was not a new phenomenon as it dated back to the time when her (Maryam’s) father Nawaz was part of the government with the military that imported terrorism in Pakistan and despite lot of efforts, the country was yet to get rid of this menace.

Contrary to it, he claimed that PTI adopted a quite positive attitude towards the centre, as recently KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur visited Islamabad to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and then Interior Minister visited Peshawar, wherein he called on the chief minister due to which they faced great backlashes and severe criticism from party cadres and supporters.

However, he said that they conveyed their rationale to the workers and activists to convince them that being a federating unit, it was a constitutional obligation to keep a healthy working relationship with the centre despite differences.

“Therefore, we positively endured the criticism and convinced supporters that being federating unit we couldn’t forego our responsibilities. However, it is regrettable that despite all the good gesture by the provincial government, the centre miserably failed to fulfil its responsibilities, as it neither appointed officers sought by the KP government nor release the long-pending funds of the province due to which the province is facing financial constraints,” he contended.

Raoof lashed out at senior PMLN member Amir Muqam and others who were openly advocating to enforce governor rule in the KP despite the fact that enforcing governor rule against the assembly’s resolution was unconstitutional.

He recalled that the political parties blaming PTI for resurgence of terrorism, forgot their own past, which publically badmouthed the judges and generals, as the people did not forget Nawaz’s Gujranwala speech, adding that Sharifs were a history of attacking state institutions as Nawaz goons attacked Supreme Court and bought judges and even BHC.

Speaking on the occasion, Basra said that the entire Al-Sharifain and ‘theft minister’ were taking revenge of the humiliating crushing in the elections from the people of the country.

He said that pirates of Jati Umra known for its anti-people and anti-formers policies, alleging that they were committing economic murder of the farmers and destroying their livelihoods under the guise of poor policies.

Basra sought clarification from the ‘theft minister’ regarding wheat procurement and support price because the pirates of Jati Umra were known for economic exploitation of the farmers.