CM vows to protect officials from threats
Says opposition leaders levelling allegations upon exposure of corruption
Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. PHOTO: NNI
LAHORE:
Punjab government stands behind its honest and hardworking officers and would not tolerate any threat to them, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Saturday.
Reacting over opposition leaders’ remarks against government officers, he said threatening the government officers was an illegal act, which would not be tolerated. The government will not sit quietly if someone threatens the officers and such elements will be dealt with iron hands besides legal action.
Buzdar alleged the opposition leaders, upon the exposure of their corruption, were leveling false allegations against government officers. He maintained the opposition’s statement about government officials was highly regrettable and condemnable.
Press Gallery: Treasury draws flak from own MPAs
Lawmakers informally discuss future of Punjab set-up
Punjab Assembly. PHOTO: APP
LAHORE:
The 30th session of the Punjab Assembly has been quite different from the previous ones as lawmakers from the PTI-led treasury benches appeared to be playing the role of opposition on several issues.
Most lawmakers from the ruling parties, along with Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, were at loggerheads with their own government over its conduct.
While the political temperature of the assembly chambers was hot, the atmosphere in the lobby remained confusing.
Price hike, measures taken and planned by the government against Covid-19 and several other issues did not come into focus in detail in the assembly but in the lobby the lawmakers were seen discussing the future of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.
Opposition grills govt over Senate defeat
Lawmakers point out lack of quorum several times
PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
The opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly grilled the government over defeat in the senate elections while several lawmakers repeatedly pointed out a lack of quorum.
The house proceedings started at 11:29 with the lapse of two and half hours under the chair of the Panel of Chairman Mian Muhammad Shafi. The panel of chairmen, however, did not stop the house proceedings. The opposition lawmakers wanted to grill the government first on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) recent defeat in the senate elections while the government’s tilt was to adopt first the agenda items of the assembly.