Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has said that there should be no restrictions on opposition’s rallies because protest is their democratic right.
He said, “Our enemy and challenge is not the opposition but issues like inflation and good governance”. Prime Minister Imran Khan will neither resign nor will elections be held before 2023. The youth of Insaf Tiger Force will only point out inflation and hoarding. Only government agencies will take action.
He was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Solar Project by University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore on Monday and talking to the media. Provincial Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik and Vice-Chancellor UET Mansoor Sarwar were also present on the occasion among others.
Answering the questions of the journalists, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said that the first step that PTI has taken after coming to power was to make the country economically strong because for an independent and strong foreign policy of any country.
The country must be economically strong and today the whole world is witnessing Pakistan’s economic strength. Governor Punjab, in response to a question, said that the agenda of the protest of the opposition parties is not clear yet.
Do they want to end inflation and improve governance in the country? If their agenda is only to end the government, then this will not be possible. We have come to power through public votes.
He said therefore, Imran Khan will remain the Prime Minister and the government will complete its constitutional term.
Chaudhry Sarwar said that it is true that there are problems of inflation and governance in the country but it is the result of tax evasion and wrong policies of the past rulers. Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear that urgent steps have been taken to curb inflation.
There is no doubt that our enmity or opposition parties are not a challenge for us but inflation is the main challenge and if we are not able to eradicate issues like inflation from the country then the people will make their decision by voting in the next elections.
The Punjab governor further said that we are shifting more than 60 universities across Punjab including Lahore to solar for which work is going on expeditiously and so far Punjab government has shifted more than 2800 schools in the province to solar.
Instructions have been issued to the Vice-Chancellors to negotiate with the staff regarding all the demands and to comply with them as far as possible, he added.
Provincial Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik said that Punjab is ahead of all other provinces in terms of shifting universities and other educational institutions to solar and we are fulfilling the promise of building a new Pakistan as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
