PML-N hits out at decision to scrap Kalabagh project

Several legislators belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-N have expressed concern over Pakistan People’s Party’s decision to abandon the Kalabagh dam project without taking their party into confidence, although it was part of the ruling coalition.

At a parliamentary party meeting held here on Monday, the legislators are also reported to have objected to the PPP decision of appointing Salman Taseer as the Punjab governor.

They'll do similar things in future... guys wake up n leave the coalition... NOW!
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PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif said the party was sitting with the treasury to protect the PPP from horse-trading and it would support or oppose on merit all government’s decisions, including the federal budget, in parliament.

He directed the MNAs to support the lawyers’ long march on June 10 to press their demand for reinstatement of the deposed judges.

He briefed the party MNAs on salient features of the proposed constitution amendment package prepared by the PPP.

He reiterated that the PML-N wanted the judges to be reinstated in accordance with the Murree Declaration.

APP adds: PML-N spokesman Siddiqul Farooq told a TV channel that the party would endorse all those clauses in the package which reflected the mandate given by the people in the elections.

He said the PML-N was against indemnifying the actions taken on Nov 3, 2007, because the people of the country had given a clear mandate to undo those steps.

Indemnity to the steps would mean maintaining the status quo, while the people wanted a change in the system, he said.

He said it was the responsibility of the leadership of the coalition parties to respect the mandate of the people in letter and in spirit.

Replying to a question, he said the PML-N, despite having reservations about the PCO judges, had agreed to accommodate them in the interest of the coalition. He said the five judges of the Supreme Court who were part of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary and who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitution Order should return to their previous position while the newly-inducted judges should work as ad hoc judges.

He said regularisation of the ad hoc judges could be considered by the judicial commission envisaged in the Charter of Democracy.

The spokesman said there would be no problem in getting the constitutional package approved in parliament if it was in line with the mandate given by the people. A consensus package could be approved by both the houses within a week, he said.

PML-N leaders Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Khwaja Mohammad Asif and Ahsan Iqbal and legal experts Khwaja Haris and Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim are members of the party’s committee led by Raja Zafarul Haq that will study the draft of the package.

PML-N hits out at decision to scrap Kalabagh project -DAWN - Top Stories; June 03, 2008

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Asif supports move to oust Musharraf, claims Nawaz (but zardari to phir mukar jaye ga)

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said here on Wednesday that there was no justification for providing a safe exit to Pervez Musharraf and claimed that PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari had agreed with him to remove the former army chief from the presidency.

He said that Musharraf must be held accountable for abrogating the Constitution.

He announced that he would join the lawyers’ march if the pre-emergency judiciary was not restored.

Speaking at a function held here to mark the 10th anniversary of first nuclear tests, Mr Sharif said that during a meeting with him in Islamabad on Tuesday, Mr Zardari had agreed to work with him to oust Pervez Musharraf.

Urging the masses to be prepared for a decision greater than the one they had given on Feb 18, the PML-N leader said that had his party got a clear mandate he would have overthrown Musharraf the following day.

The former prime minister, who was ousted in a military coup on Oct 12, 1999, said he had forgiven Musharraf for the mistreatment and torture he had suffered at his (Musharraf’s) hands.

But, he said, he would not absolve Musharraf from the charges of devastating the country by selling it to foreign powers, carrying out what he called the Lal Masjid massacre, incarcerating nuclear scientist Dr A.Q. Khan and superior court judges and handing over innocent Pakistanis to American agencies in return for dollars.

“I have told Mr Zardari that I will ride the lawyers’ bus for Islamabad if the deposed judges are not reinstated,” Mr Sharif added.

He said his party had quit ministries for the sake of its principled stand on the judges’ issue and it was ready to go even further.

Urging the masses to be ready for a movement for deciding the fate of the country, he said that people had to prove that “they are a living nation”.

The fate of the country should be decided in Islamabad, and not in Washington or anywhere else, he added.

He said India had recognised Pakistan as an independent and sovereign nation when Islamabad detonated the nuclear devices. But, he regretted that an army dictator had pushed the country towards destabilisation, carried out massacre from Karachi to Khyber and given the nation the gift of suicide attacks and lawlessness.

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Sirdar Zulfikar Khosa, Khwaja Saad Rafiq and other PML-N leaders spoke on the occasion.

Asif supports move to oust Musharraf, claims Nawaz: ‘No justification for providing safe exit’ -DAWN - Top Stories; May 29, 2008

we look forward to see u in the lawyers' bus Mr. Sharif... this act will pull crowds i m sure...

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