Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Khursheed Shah on Thursday has said that if former president Asif Ali Zardari is apprehended, there will be a war.
He warned the government while talking to the media in the Parliament House.
He said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would fight repression in a democratic way from within the Parliament. He said that the ruling party must understand that political parties are its aides.
He criticized the government saying that whatever actions are being taken by authorities are restricted to Sindh only. Shah said that Sindh Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman Dr Asim Hussain must be interrogated first before any legal proceedings.
A grey trafficking case is being compiled against Raja Pervez Ashraf, he added. He said that the government should be ashamed of handcuffing PPP’s ex-Punjab president Qasim Zia. Shah said that nothing is achieved on gun point.
He said that PPP is ready to hold talks with Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif. He said that PPP does not want to weaken the Parliament. The opposition leader said that Parliament’s forum should be used to solve issue of Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) controversial officials. Shah criticised the ECP members saying that they should quit services for their disgraceful actions.
However, he cleared that PPP would not participate in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) sit-in seeking ECP officials’ resignations.
He further said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) should have called Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah and Governor in meeting regarding peace in Karachi. Shah said that Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has completely entered in Sindh and Balochistan.
