Moonis says cracks in Shahbaz govt visible

LAHORE - PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi has said the self proclaimed Khadim-e-Ala of Punjab has no moral grounds to continue as the provincial chief executive in the wake of an open expression of no confidence in him by his own cabinet ministers. He also demanded a high-level judicial enquiry into the Punjab senior ministers allegation of digging an illegal canal for the chief ministers lands which, according to him, rendered thousands of families homeless. Talking to party men in Lahore on Thursday, Moonis Elahi said the senior ministers charge the chief minister did not consult him even once while ordering breaches of embankments during floods in the province should also be probed. Moonis alleged various Punjab cabinet members had been complaining for long against the chief ministers one-man rule and his brainless policies but the recent statement by his own law minister against his bosss fondness for extra-judicial killings and parading of bodies of suspects on roads and the increasing criticism of other cabinet ministers including the senior ministers latest allegations were clear evidences of the chief ministers dwindling popularity among his own cabinet colleagues. He said the Punjab chief ministers waning acceptance could further be gauged on account of his failure to solicit any worthwhile public donations during floods despite extravagant government funded media campaigns and highly expensive chopper visits. He said the recent floods had fully exposed the incompetence of the incumbent Punjab chief minister and made the cracks in his government highly visible. The PML-Q leader said Punjab had not witnessed such raging floods and current incompetent government in the last 100 years. Moonis Elahi directed party workers present in the meeting to stand by the flood victims in this time of dire need and continue efforts for the alleviation of their miseries and hardships.

ePaper - Nawaiwaqt