Staff Reporter
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Tuesday said that agenda of opposition’s protest was to create unrest and instability in the country as their protest along with “Danda Bardar Force” could not be peaceful and democratic.
Talking to the media after attending a ceremony regarding International Cane Safety Day organized by Al-Mudassar Special Education Complex here on Tuesday, Ch Sarwar said that no political party including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was supporting Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F)’s agenda but they may take part or join Maulana’s protest as a compulsion to achieve their personal and political interests.
The opposition parties should focus on national interests for the sake of people instead of achieving their political interests otherwise the people would not forgive them, he said and added that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s government had never halted any rally or protest of opposition’s parties as the government believed that it was their constitutional right to hold protests or rallies.
The government has no objection nor it would create any difficulty in way of peaceful protest but everyone could see that JUI-F had prepared its “Danda Bardar” force for the protest, the Governor maintained and questioned that how the workers equipped with sticks can stage peaceful protest.
To a question, Ch Sarwar said that it was responsibility of the government to maintain law and order for protecting peoples’ lives and properties, adding that government would fulfill its responsibilities by taking action against those who would take law into hands. He said that October 27 would be observed across the country as Black Day against Indian illegal occupation in Kashmir, therefore the opposition should also arrange protest on the day against Indian atrocities and brutalities in occupied valley.
