No plan to put any ban on freedom of media, expression
Amraiz Khan Lahore
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the previous government tackled CPEC in a very pathetic way and his government is diligently working on the execution of CPEC and Reko Diq projects. He was of the view that the decision on new general elections would be taken after consultation with all the allied parties.
He expressed these views in a meeting with a delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) and beat reporters in Lahore on Sunday. He reiterated his government’s resolve to religiously follow the CPEC and Reko Diq projects till their completion.
He was of the view that the justice system was badly damaged in the tenure of the former Prime Minister and they have now started up-gradation of the judicial system in the best interest of the common man. He said, “Now we have returned to the old Pakistan and his government will try to align the things in old fashion rather than Naya Pakistan”. To a question that why he visited Kot Lakhpat jail again when he had been released after a long time, he said that one must not forget the people who had stood by him in hard times. He went there to meet the officials who treated him in a better way during his imprisonment.
To another question, the Narcotics trend was being raised in Lahore and the number of addicted people in Lahore was increasing day by day what was the government strategy to control this menace, he signaled to Rana Sana Ullah that he would respond better to this question. Rana Sana Ullah said that he would pass directions to the authorities concerned to check this issue shortly.
