PML-N involved in ‘horse-trading’, alleges PML-Q Punjab president

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) Punjab President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi strongly criticised the arrest of PML-Q workers at a press conference at this residence on Thursday, and appealed to the chief justice of pakistan to take notice of it. He also alleged that the PML-N was involved in horse-trading. He claimed that the Gujrat police, on the instructions of the current chief minister, were busy in a crackdown against PML-Q workers. He said that the arrest of more than 175 PML-Q workers was a reaction of the PML-N after the successful meeting of the PML-Q’s parliamentary party. Fearing the success of the PML-Q, the government had started state terrorism, he claimed. He also claimed that the PML-Q workers had been sent to torture cells and were not being allowed to meet their familes. He said that an FIR against those workers had been sealed, while the arrest of many workers was not even shown on the record. He said that the party had information that such practices against the PML-Q had started in other districts as well. He appealed to the CJP to take suo motu action. Sharif brothers: He said that the district administration and police officials should be aware that the Sharif brothers had never been loyal to their friends and workers, and were instead using them for personal benefits. He claimed that the days of the Sharif brothers were numbered. He also warned that the PML-Q would hold those officials accountable who were helping the PML-N in horse-trading. The best example of horse-trading was the iftar in which the PML-N claimed to have defected 22 PML-Q members, he added. He also said that all the zone heads of the PML-Q had been asked to prepare lists of those DCOs and DPOs who were committing these injustices in compliance with the illegal directions of the government. staff report