PTI moves LHC for Shahbaz’s disqualification

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has moved the Lahore High Court for disqualification of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif for misusing his powers and preferring personal interest over national interest.

Talking to the media at Chairman Secretariat after filing the petition, PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry said that Shahbaz Sharif had shifted the sugar mills of his family to southern Punjab in violation of the court orders. He said under the Supreme Court ruling, no new sugar mill in Punjab could be set up or shifted there.

Chaudhry said that the worst-hit of the new sugar mills in southern Punjab are small cotton growers as this part of the province is rich in cotton production. He alleged that the Punjab CM had focused on his personal interest and ignored the national interest, and violated the court orders.

The senior party leader said the Punjab CM was no more Sadiq and Amin due to which he had lost justification to remain in office. To a question, he said the PTI had trust in judiciary and stated when the courts deliver justice, society makes progress. He also said Panama thieves couldn’t escape accountability. He told Senator Babar Awan and Shahid Naseem Gondal would be the PTI counsel in this case.