Azma assails PTI govt over Sahiwal incident

LAHORE: PMLN Punjab spokesman Azma Bukhari said the accused involved in Sahiwal incident were acquitted because the present government didn’t pursue the case.

Talking to media Wednesday, Azma said the nation wanted to know how the bullets were fired from above if the firing took place from the front. “Aristotle of Punjab gives a speech on the tragedy of Model Town but what has this government done on the Model Town case for three years?” she questioned.

Azma claimed that Usman Bazdar Punjab has surrendered before Imran Khan as he was not capable of taking the budget of Punjab from the federation. “Hamza Shahbaz’s case is already under investigation in NAB and he was in jail. Now why the FIA is calling him in the same case,” Azma questioned further.

She said the sugar commission was formed to check how the price of sugar went up. The sugar mills of Sharif family and Hamza got closed but the mills of Imran friends remained open, she maintained. Sugar raised to Rs 110, Khusro Bakhtiar and Tareen have a hand in sugar scandal and Federal Commerce Minister gave subsidy to sugar mills owners and then Jahangir Tareen got an NRO, despite the fact that he was a central figure in sugar scame but the FIA said that his arrest was not needed.

Before the budget, Jahangir Tareen was given NRO and a clean chit, Azma said, adding: “Today the government was going to pass the budget. The opposition had to oppose and not pass but everyone saw how Imran Khan and Qasim Suri ran and came to count. Pervez Khattak put his hand on the shoulder of Tariq Bashir Cheema and asked him where were you people.”

Azma alleged that the government was conducting media trial of the opposition. She said there was a lot of noise of 56 companies but now no one talked about them.

“Qazi Faiz Issa asked the Punjab government to explain what it had done in Sahiwal incident,” Azma said, adding that Buzdar always read the newsletter and didn’t speak or act on his own.

“Shahbaz Sharif gave scholarships and assistance to bring the children of brick kiln workers to school but the PTI the government said that due to lack of funds, no facilities will be provided to the children of kiln workers. If the workers at the kiln do not have benefits, then why new vehicles and other facilities are being provided to the ministers.”