Resources of Punjab & KP provinces were being spent on Imran Khan: Maulana Fazl
PESHAWAR, Jan 01 (SABAH): Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Ameer and President Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday the masses of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were facing political instability and deprived of basic necessities.
While addressing the All Parties Conference (APC), organised against the PTI-led KP government and to discuss the prevailing law and order and economic situation of the country, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the declaration of the APC will be sent to the National Security committee. He said that the country had escaped the threat of default due to the efforts of the coalition government, while the political opponents were putting obstacles in the way of the government. The people in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were deprived of basic facilities and face instability. Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed the resources of the provinces were being spent on Imran Khan.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman slammed PTI Chairman Imran Khan, accusing him of pursuing a foreign agenda and ruining the country in four years.
He said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly recently passed legislation to save former premier Imran Khan from a scandal involving the use of public funds to hire expensive helicopters for government functionaries.
Maulana Fazl also blamed the provincial government for the deteriorating security situation in the province, warning it to “take immediate steps otherwise the opposition parties would take a tough decision”.
Maulana Fazl called for holding the KP government accountable for billions of rupees in irregularities. “The provincial government has taken loans of Rs900 billion. The helicopter bill was passed by the assembly to save Imran Khan from the helicopter scandal. We condemn it,” he said.
Maulana Fazl said that corruption stories of the PTI-led KP government had eclipsed the scandals of the past, accusing KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan of being involved in scandals worth billions of rupees.
“The provincial government should provide relief to the people by ensuring the supply of cheap flour,” he demanded.
The PDM chief said previous Imran-led federal government sabotaged the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and ruined the country’s economy.
Earlier, Maulana Fazlur Rehman presided over the JUI-F’s all-party conference, which deliberated on the worsening law and order situation in KP while also discussing the economic crisis, the situation created by the government’s ill-advised actions.
APC expressed concern over unrest, target killings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and demanded the government take steps to establish peace in tribal and urban areas.
On this occasion, Maulana Fazlur Rahman said the province owes Rs900 billion and that the KP chief minister must account for it, adding that Imran’s government was existing on two provinces, but he was attacking the centre, while the incumbent government was vigorously defending it.
Clearing the air on the matter of the technocratic government in the country, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said there was no proposal under consideration regarding the setup of a technocratic government.