LAHORE – Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that the recent steps in the backdrop of Senate elections were creating an impression that political target killing was underway in the country.
Talking to newsmen, Ahsan warned that surgical strikes were being carried out on the country’s political stability.
“We need to be united. There are also surgical strikes being carried out on political stability in the country and there is no room for this,” he clarified.
The lawmaker continued that Pakistan was facing conspiracies and the country’s enemies were working overtime to spread anarchy adding that it would not be considered being a friend of the country if an institution or person moved it towards anarchy.
Iqbal expressed that the Pakistani voter was no longer the uninformed individual he once was, and therefore should not be underestimated.
“They [Pakistanis] are well informed and analyse everything. This is the reason that the PML-N despite steps being taken against us is not experiencing any political backlash, rather political support is increasing,” he added.
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Iqbal stressed on the supremacy of Parliament, calling it the most important institution in the country which gives birth to the constitution.
“Parliament decides how many judges will be in the Supreme Court or what the pension of judges will be. It also decides on the criteria and who will be the prime minister,” he noted.
‘FATF decision expected in June’
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said that a decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan on the grey-list of the global money laundering watchdog would be made in June.
Iqbal emphasised that Pakistan had made the most efforts to combat terrorism.
