LAHORE: Law Minister Dr Babar Awan has said that PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is deceiving the nation now by making Sanaullah Mastikhel a scapegoat after passing resolution against the media.
He also stressed the PML-N Quaid to name the real player behind the entire episode against the media rather than shifting the responsibility on a party MPA.Talking to the mediapersons at the Lahore Airport Sunday, the federal minister said the party, which had been blowing the trumpet of clash between the government and institutions, had itself adopted the path of confrontation against media.
He said tolerance level of the “princes of Lahore” had been exposed in this recent incident.Commenting on the PML-N Quaid’s decision to seek resignation from Sanaullah Mastikhel, the PML-N MPA, who moved resolution against the media, Babar Awan said Nawaz Sharif had tried to hoodwink the nation, without realising that camera eye had shown the real picture.
Babar said it was on record and camera was watching the entire proceedings as to who had suspended the rules of business, who announced its adaptation, who changed the agenda and eventually passed the resolution against the media.
He said Mian Sahib should come up with the real person who tried to play trick with the nation rather than making his one MPA a scapegoat. The minister said one must not think of imposing restrictions on the media and making any effort against freedom of expression in democracy. He said there was no provision to withdraw resolution; however, definitely there could be some way out. He said they wanted that media should work with more freedom.
To a query about massive disqualifications of parliamentarians as a result of fake degrees, Babar said it wasn’t going to affect the democratic system, and there would be no mid-term polls even if a large number of MPs were disqualified.
To a question about release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, Babar said he had given in writing a piece of advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an appeal or use federal sources to look for ways for Dr Aafia’s release or a request for handing her over to Pakistan.
APP adds: The law minister said that the absconder of Sindh should be given a chance of appearance before the court so that he could be tried there. He said if there was any ground for transfer of the case and law was enacted, then cases of President Asif Zardari and his father would have to be transferred (to Sindh). He said Farooq Sattar was tried in Sindh, and he faced it. He reiterated that all PPP leadership is present before today’s courts.
Later, addressing a meeting of women lawyers at the Governor’s House, he said the PPP could not ignore 51 percent of the population which were women. He said the government had launched the largest scheme in the world for the betterment of women in the form of Benazir Income Support Programme, which was supported and appreciated by the World Bank and other organisations of the globe. He said there was no party which had given women due status in the society other than the PPP as it was the PPP that had nominated Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan as first woman governor in Sindh, first lady SHO and first lady attorney general was also appointed during the rule of the PPP.
He also stressed the PML-N Quaid to name the real player behind the entire episode against the media rather than shifting the responsibility on a party MPA.Talking to the mediapersons at the Lahore Airport Sunday, the federal minister said the party, which had been blowing the trumpet of clash between the government and institutions, had itself adopted the path of confrontation against media.
He said tolerance level of the “princes of Lahore” had been exposed in this recent incident.Commenting on the PML-N Quaid’s decision to seek resignation from Sanaullah Mastikhel, the PML-N MPA, who moved resolution against the media, Babar Awan said Nawaz Sharif had tried to hoodwink the nation, without realising that camera eye had shown the real picture.
Babar said it was on record and camera was watching the entire proceedings as to who had suspended the rules of business, who announced its adaptation, who changed the agenda and eventually passed the resolution against the media.
He said Mian Sahib should come up with the real person who tried to play trick with the nation rather than making his one MPA a scapegoat. The minister said one must not think of imposing restrictions on the media and making any effort against freedom of expression in democracy. He said there was no provision to withdraw resolution; however, definitely there could be some way out. He said they wanted that media should work with more freedom.
To a query about massive disqualifications of parliamentarians as a result of fake degrees, Babar said it wasn’t going to affect the democratic system, and there would be no mid-term polls even if a large number of MPs were disqualified.
To a question about release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, Babar said he had given in writing a piece of advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an appeal or use federal sources to look for ways for Dr Aafia’s release or a request for handing her over to Pakistan.
APP adds: The law minister said that the absconder of Sindh should be given a chance of appearance before the court so that he could be tried there. He said if there was any ground for transfer of the case and law was enacted, then cases of President Asif Zardari and his father would have to be transferred (to Sindh). He said Farooq Sattar was tried in Sindh, and he faced it. He reiterated that all PPP leadership is present before today’s courts.
Later, addressing a meeting of women lawyers at the Governor’s House, he said the PPP could not ignore 51 percent of the population which were women. He said the government had launched the largest scheme in the world for the betterment of women in the form of Benazir Income Support Programme, which was supported and appreciated by the World Bank and other organisations of the globe. He said there was no party which had given women due status in the society other than the PPP as it was the PPP that had nominated Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan as first woman governor in Sindh, first lady SHO and first lady attorney general was also appointed during the rule of the PPP.
