LAHORE
\nPunjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari said on Saturday that at a time when there was unrest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the provincial chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi were busy hatching conspiracies against the federal government.
\nAddressing a press conference in Lahore, she said that a terrorist attack on innocent civilians had taken place in Parachinar and all Gandapur was doing was making preparations for a sit-in at D-Chowk in Islamabad. \u201cCan\u2019t he see that over 40 people have lost their lives in the incident?\u201d
\nAzma also raised questions over the use of money given to the KP government by the Center.
\nShe alleged that the provincial government planned to spend Rs2 billion on the November 24 protest, which she called Part-II of the May 9 riots. \u201cIf we leave the federal capital at their mercy, then they will wreak havoc.\u201d
\nShe also accused the KP government of arming the PTI\u2019s youth wing as well as the Afghans residing in the province and tasking them with creating a law and order situation in the capital city.
\nThe information minister opined that the PTI founder was so desperate that he wanted his workers\u2019 bodies so that he could use these for his political gains. \u201cBut the government would not let this happen,\u201d she vowed.
\nShe went on to say that it did not suit Bushra to talk about Shariah.
\nAzma said it was not because of his struggle for the rule of law in the country that Imran was in jail, but because of his corruption. \u201cFormer prime minister Nawaz Sharif gave Rs500 million to the Shaukat Khanum Hospital. Look what Imran did to him in return?\u201d
\nQuoting the former first lady, the minister said she had said that despite the fact that her husband was 72 years old, he still wanted to enjoy life.
\nShe made it clear that the Punjab government knew fully well how to deal with the PTI \u2018rioters\u2019. \u201cWe can even call Rangers to rein in the protestors. But the provincial chief minister Maryam Nawaz will take the decision in view of the situation.\u201d
\nAzma said whosoever would try to take the law into his own hands would face the music. \u201cThey will be treated like Khawarij should be treated.\u201d She also hit out at the courts for granting bail to what she called PTI miscreants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari said on Saturday that at a time when there was unrest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the provincial chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi were busy hatching conspiracies against the federal government. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, she said that a terrorist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n