Punjab Information Minister Azma Bukhari and other provincial ministers have taken a swipe at PTI for poor show in Lahore as rally organizers were waiting for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and his supporters to fill the ground, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Addressing a press conference in DGPR, along with Punjab Law Minister Sohaib Ahmed Berth and Provincial Health Minister Kh Imran Nazir, Azma Bukhari said that PTI could not start its jalsa in time because the ground was empty and chairs were not filled. She said that PTI leadership should accept the fact today that Lahore does not belong to them.
Information Minister said it has become clear that with a population of 200 million Lahore does not belong to PTI and it is and it will remain a stronghold of PML-N.
She said PTI cannot claim that PML-N govt barred their workers by blocking of main roads with containers. She said PTI created an impression that containers will be installed at all entry points in Lahore but the government has not taken any step to bar their activity. Azma Bukhari said “I visited entire Lahore and I has not seen PTI flag anywhere. So far 1500 people participated from Lahore.
She claimed only 65 people have come from Gujranwala, 205 from Sargodha, 100 to 150 people from DG Khan and only 85 workers came from Bahawalpur district. She said PTI woman leader Alia Hamza also reach the site with 150 people. MNA Latif Khosa reached with 20, 25 workers, Sheikh Imtiaz came to the meeting with 20 people.
Punjab government official claimed that Opposition leader Ahmed Khan Bachhar reached the meeting place with 25 people. A caravan of 40 people was visiting from Sheikhupura, Rehana and Umar Dar have come with 20 workers.
Malik Taimur Masood reached the site in a car along with 5 people. She claimed that the people have rejected politics of unrests and protests. She said masses have got relief from the performance of Punjab Chief Minister within 6 months.
Reporter: Rao Dilshad