Civil servants should not come under any political pressure: Governor

LAHORE - Deputy Commissioner Lahore Umar Sher Chatha called on Governor Punjab Omer Sarfraz Cheema at Governor House Lahore on Tuesday. Administrative matters were discussed during the meeting.

Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that civil servants were employees of the state and they should not come under any kind of political pressure. He said that bureaucrats should keep in mind the difference between legal and illegal orders and should not carry out any illegal orders.

The Governor further said that the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had said that civil servants should rise above any political or any other affiliation and perform their duties as servants of the people honestly.

Meanwhile, office bearers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Youth Wing from different districts met Punjab Governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that youth was the strength of PTI. He said that before the formation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a person belonging to the middle class could not even think of entering politics. He further said that sincere and patriotic youth should support Imran Khan. The Governor told that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had always strived for supremacy of constitution and law. He said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf believed in an independent judiciary and independent media.

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Sarfraz Cheema further said that the two major parties of the country, the PPP and the PML-N had been fooling the people in the past as well.

He said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was formed because of these two parties. The Governor said that Imran Khan was not the name of an individual but the name of consciousness and self-reliance. He said that people should support Imran Khan in making Lahore Minar Pakistan Jalsa a success for an independent Pakistan.

 

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