—— Adds facilitators still in action
—— Says the advocates of 3rd political party only brought destruction
LAHORE: Javed Latif – a senior PML-N leader known for his hardline stance – on Thursday questioned why the events related to the May 9 violence were being swept under the carpet and said the nation must be informed about the origin of facilitators.
An attempt was under way to make the upcoming general elections controversial in continuation of the overall conspiracies, Latif told reporters in Lahore, adding that those who orchestrated the May 9 violence were not being punished. The PML-N leader said he had been reminding even during the 16-month coalition government that the PTI leadership was being actively facilitated. Pressing his argument, Latif said courts had binned the bogus cases filed against the PML-N leaders by acquitting them of all the charges, but the foreign funding case was being delayed despite the fact that people were asking about the origins of the money received by the PTI.
“Someone is being described as ‘innocent’ today. Why we are not being named as ‘faultless’,” he remarked – a clear reference to the remarks passed during a hearing at the Supreme Court.
Latif said signing the Charter of Democracy resulted in political stability and peaceful transfer of power for 10 years – from 2008 to 2018 – but those desirous of creating a third force brought a philosophy of ruining everything. –Agencies
