ISLAMABAD, July 26: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that the people had rejected the baseless and false propaganda of the opposition and that its criticism against Prime Minister Imran Khan was only due to animosity and hostility towards him.
Speaking at a press conference to brief about the decisions of the federal cabinet, she said Pakistan needed stability and a suitable environment so that the nation, drowned in debt, could get investment from abroad.
“We want to end poverty and unemployment from the country,” she said, adding that the opposition had the right to protest as long as it does not give rise to anarchy that hampers the development process.
She said that people had to the right to decide about the future of a government after the completion of its tenure based on its performance.
She said Prime Minister Imran Khan was making all efforts to restore the positive image of the nation to dispel the negative propaganda against the country. She said people had disassociated themselves from the protest of the opposition on July 25 because it did not have anything to do with their problems.
The federal cabinet decided in its meeting that the government would not stop rallies and public meetings of the opposition, she said.
Dr Firdous claimed that only a few hundred people came out in Lahore on the call of the opposition, which showed that their show had ‘flopped’ and that the people had rejected their criticism against the prime minister. – Agencies
