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LAHORE – Over 25 parliamentarians, including the lawmakers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Friday called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office. They expressed their trust in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and condemned the alleged horse-trading efforts by the opposition parties.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that the opposition was playing with fire. “Unfortunately, Pakistan’s interest has been put at stake. We will thwart every conspiracy against the government,” he said and added that the notorious politics of ‘Changa Manga’ and ‘Murree’ would not work.
“The nation stands with their captain and defeat is the destiny of the opponents,” he emphasised and added: “The opposition has ruined its standing by honouring the money instead of respecting the sanctity of the vote.” The CM noted that the nation had unanimously rejected the undemocratic and immoral acts of the opposition and all its tactics would be fully countered.
He made it clear that any attempt to create political unrest would be detrimental to the opposition. “The nation firmly stands with Prime Minister Imran Khan,” he added. He lamented that conspiracies were being hatched against the PTI-led government since day one. “The nefarious intentions of the opposition have been exposed and the government will respond to every tactic of the opposition. The opposition has corrupted politics through horse-trading,” he noted. The CM termed parliamentarians his companions and repeated that the honour of the elected representatives was his honour.
“Attempts by the opposition to divide the nation have failed miserably as people could not be fooled by the corrupt,” he argued. Usman Buzdar said that the worldwide respect enjoyed by Prime Minister Imran Khan was a sign of a true leadership. He alleged that the opposition wanted to achieve its aims by spreading anarchy and remarked that the world would witness what was going to happen with the opposition.
“The country is on the journey to development, but this is unacceptable to the opposition and it wants to contain the composite development by spreading chaos in the country,” he regretted.
He said that the PTI was ready to counter the opposition on all fronts as the opposition had taken a shameful step by indulging itself in horse-trading. “The nation condemns the undemocratic move of the opposition which has also done horse-trading earlier,” he said.