MULTAN - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi claimed on Wednesday that both the parties in memo case had silenced after the intervention of a superpower.
Addressing a news conference here at a local hotel, Hashmi said that the either parties had adopted a certain stance on superpower’s pressure. “But it is our as well as public’s desire to know about the facts of memo issue. People should know about the liars,” he maintained.
Answering a query on series of heart patients’ killings allegedly by a medicine, he said that at least 88 precious lives had so far been lost in the province but nobody bothered to accept the responsibility. “We have no tradition of accepting responsibility of such incidents. If not from chief minister office, Shahbaz Sharif should have at least resigned from health ministry,” he demanded. He regretted that the patients were still dying but no concrete step was so far taken by the provincial government to contain the issue.
To another question, Hashmi strongly dispelled the impression that he had any differences with his old political rival Shah Mahmood Qureshi at PTI platform. “And by the way it’s high time that we must shun all of our differences and work for the progress and prosperity of the country,” he added.
Replying a question on drone attacks, he said that the stance of PTI on this issue was quite clear since the day first that these attacks were a naked aggression against sovereignty of the country. “That’s why Imran Khan has been staging sit in to press the government to stop NATO supply,” he added.
About new provinces, Javed Hashmi said that the PTI was in favour of new units in the country. “But we’re strongly opposed to creation of new provinces on lingual grounds. We support new provinces on administrative basis,” he added.
He told the journalists that the PTI had evolved a workable line of action for the revival of all sectors especially agriculture. He added that national economy was dependent on agriculture while most part of population was also linked with the same sector. “That’s why our special emphasis is on agriculture and we’ve evolved a solid policy for the uplift of this sector,” he added. He lashed out at United Nations Organization (UNO), saying the body had failed to discharge its obligation. “The UN has lost its importance because of keeping mum on important international issues like Kashmir,” he elaborated.