Punjab bashing due to Zardari: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif said Sunday that the excesses against his province was due to President Zardari and urged the citizens staging protests against loadshedding not to indulge in rampage.While inspecting the metro bus service project work here, Punjab CM said that he himself was full of protests against the loadshedding evening during 'sehri' and 'iftar' time in the holy month of Ramazan. He said that the people have every right to protest against the menace of loadshed... moreURL: http://paktribune.com/news/Punjab-bashing-due-to-Zardari-Shahbaz-251944.html
If the Punjab government wanted popular violence to register its opposition to the PPP, it has got more than the measure it perhaps, desired. Public and private property was damaged or burned as the mobs, spearheaded by teen and pre-teen youths, went on a spree of destruction. Wapda installations were destroyed, which may actually further complicate the crisis: vandalism became the new creed for a generation that will make Pakistan even more ungovernable in the coming days. PML-N rather than joining hands with government to find a solution to this crisis, backing protests to further aggravate the situation. This popular stunt of Punjab Government costing Pakistan much high, loss of millions have been recorded so far, burning of Wapda offices, markets, vehicles and damage to public and private property is very high. This is very asinine move, Punjab Government should think twice before endorsing such protests.
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