– Govt taking all decisions in larger national interest
BAHAWALPUR, May 22 : Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has threatened that he would not let the participants of the PTI’s long march enter Islamabad if the coalition partners decide so. Addressing the PML-N workers’ convention in Bahawalpur on Sunday, the interior minister said, “I will not let them [long march participants] enter Islamabad.” He said the coalition partners will decide whether to let the long march enter Islamabad or not. If they decide against it, the minister said he would not let the participants reach the federal capital. Rana Sanaullah said though he has no knowledge of any decision of the allied parties’ heads about the long march from the PTI but if they decide then no one would be allowed to enter Islamabad. In response to Rasheed’s statement that the long march could turn ‘bloody’, the minister threatened Sheikh Rasheed that he would tie him with a monkey chain outside his residence Lal Haveli. He claimed that some other ‘powers’ had sided with Imran Khan in 2018 owing to which he won the elections. He said that Imran Khan built the narrative of ‘conspiracy’ when he saw his own people leaving him. He said that Imran Khan has been given full security and accused him of doing the politics based on lies. Sanaullah claimed that the masses will beat the PTI candidates with shoes in streets and neighborhoods and would ask inquire them of ghee, oil, and medicine prices. He said former Prime Minister Imran Khan had promoted the culture of unethical and abusing language. He said that former PTI government did nothing but only increased prices of edible items, medicines and others things. “Prices of cooking oil, sugar and other items got sky rocketing during PTI regime,” he said adding that even prices of medicines were increased more than six times. The interior minister advised the party workers that there was no need to be fearful of the PTI’s rallies. Reacting to the issue of the former human rights minister’s captivity, Rana Sanaullah has said the arrest of Shirin Mazari is a legal process. He announced that his party, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) will organize a big rally in Bahawalpur on May 28 and Mian Nawaz Sharif will also address the gathering through video link. He said Southern Punjab and Bahawalpur should be two separate provinces. The Minister for Interior has said the government is taking all decisions in the larger national interest and with the consultation of all its allies. – NNI
