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PML-N’s Saad Rafique demands end to promulgation of ordinances  

February 21, 2022 12:19 PM


Alleging that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022, or PECA ordinance, was promulgated with a mala fide intent, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Monday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) government must stop issuing ordinances now, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.  

Speaking to the media after appearing in an accountability court (AC) in Lahore in connection with the hearing of Paragon Housing Society reference, he said the purpose of the ordinance was to increase pressure on media and stifle the opposition. “One day all these ordinances will be withdrawn, and those issuing them will come crashing down,” he added.

When a reporter asked him about the meeting between PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and ‘estranged’ PTI leader Jahangir Khan Tareen, Saad said he would not comment on that.

He pointed out that ordinances were promulgated only when the parliament was not in session. “I have been extremely disappointed by President Arif Alvi, who has only served Prime Minister Imran Khan and brought a bad name to the President House,” he regretted, and added, “The entire nation is screaming and praying to The Almighty Allah to rid them of this government. But the prime minister and his team have no shame.”  

PML-N leader claimed when he was the minister for railways, he had considerably brought down the deficit, and had streamlined the affairs. “We were going in a right direction. But when Sheikh Rasheed took over, he, in a bid to erase our achievements, decimated the department instead,” he alleged.     

Saad said that even today there were honest officers in the Pakistan Railways, and it was government’s job to get work from them. “But sadly, this government is not focused on its job,” he said.

He was of the view that Imran Khan’s speech at Mandi Bahauddin did not suit the man who was the country’s prime minister. “Long march as well vote of no-trust both are required to send this government home,” he opined.  

Reporter: Jamaluddin Jamali       



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