ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Saturday that politics of maligning and pressurizing the national institutions must be abandoned now.
She was talking to the media after attending annual sports gala of a school in Rawalpindi. Condemning the statement of PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan against the defence institutions defending geographical frontiers of Pakistan, she said that the Armed Forces, constitutional institutions and law enforcement agencies were pride of the nation therefore such irresponsible utterances should be avoided in future.
The minister remarked that the replies to the questions of JIT have to be given by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but one failed to understand why Imran felt so perturbed about it. She said that in the next elections the people of Pakistan would totally reject the elements which were trying to disrupt the development agenda of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Marriyum said that the opposition parties were weary of the popularity of Nawaz Sharif because they knew that if the mega development projects launched by the present government were completed they would be wiped out of the political arena as their hands were empty as far as development initiatives and service to the nation were concerned.
She said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had created a new history by presenting three generations of his family for accountability and  answering questions about businesses established by the family including his deceased father and children.
To a question,she said that the Sharif family had provided record of the businesses of Mian Sharif dating back to 45 to 50 years and if there was any gap in information, the JIT would be provided those details.
Rejecting the assumption that the court had rejected letter of Qatari prince, she said that it was a verified document and the JIT would be satisfied about its authenticity. She reminded that when Imran made hue and cry of rigging after 2013 Elections, the Prime Minister wrote a letter to the Supreme Court for formation of a commission to investigate the issue. She said that during sit-in and protest rallies, Imran Khan ridiculed the national and constitutional institutions and abused his political opponents including the Prime Minister. When the judicial commission on alleged rigging announced its findings Imran Khan started ridiculing the national instituions.
She said that Imran Khan used Panama leaks as political crutches and started targeting the Sharif family. She said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif proposed formation of a JIT on the Panama issue and then he wrote a letter to the Supreme Court for formation of a commission. Now after one year and 17 days, the JIT is being constituted which was endorsement of the PM's stance.
She said that answers to all questions related to Panama case would be provided in the JIT. She said that the JIT had not been constituted on the basis of the prayers of the petitioners in the Panama case ,as all their prayers had been rejected by the court as they were supported by useless documents downloaded from the internet. She made it clear that the Prime Minister was given the mandate by the people of Pakistan and he was answerable to them and would not resign on the demand of anyone.
Criticising the PPP ledership,she said that after committing record corruption in their tenure, they still had the audacity to agitate on the issue of corruption which was not only strange but also a sign of the doomsday.
Marriyum rubbished the claims of Asif Zardar in a speech at Jhang yesterday that Prime Minister had failed to overcome the
energy crisis in the country saying that during the last four years record number of power projects had been launched and by next year the problem of load-shedding would be overcome. She reminded that when PML-N came to power in 2013, the country was facing the threat of default due to the PPP misrule but the present governemnt under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif stabilized the sick economy, revived industrial sector and launched historic health and educational reforms programmes. If the PPP could clean Karachi city, ,it would be quite an achievement,she added.
The minister said that Imran Khan in 2013 introduced the culture of abusing the political opponents and ridiculing the national instituions. The minister said that recently the Election Commission in its verdict wrote that Imran Khan was an un-civilised person and his party was trying to undermine the national institutions.
The minister said that media should highlight development projects launched by the present government to bring quantum change in the lives of the common people.
She said almost all political parties have governments in the provinces, so instead of indulging in leg pulling of the federal government they should strive to come up to the expectations of their voters.
Earlier speaking as chief guest at the sports event of a private school in Rawalpindi,she said that physical activities were vital for improvement of mental capabilities of the students. She said that PML-N government had taken several steps to promote sports activities in the country and attract youth towards positive activities. She said that the Punjab government under leadership of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had built many new sports grounds in the city to provide healthy entertainment to the youth. Â The minister said that promotion of national culture and heritage was responsibility of the school managements, teachers and parents alike.
The minister said that overall standard of education has been improved in collaboration with the private sector. She said that curriculum of private sector schools was being reviewed. The minister disclosed that the curricula of Punjab educational institutions up to metricualtion was available online, which was not a mean achievement.
She stressed the need for teaching the children human traits of patience and tolerance. Moreover the children should be taught about Quaid-e-Azam's principles of unity,faith and discipline,she added.
The minister said that under Prime Minister's educational reforms programme, educational institutions in the capital territory were being upgraded and transportation and other facilities were also being provided to the students.
She said Pakistanis were a brave and resilient nation which had been facing the scourge of terrorism for past over three decades with great courage.. She said thanks to the steps taken by the present government the situation has vastly improved.
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