LAHORE: While breaking his silence on the Punjab CM election issue, PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said how could he support those who criticize national institutions.
“Having had a 30-year-relationship with state institutions, how can I support those who criticize these institutions?”, he asked in a Tweet.
پرویز الٰہی میرا وزیراعلیٰ کا امیدوار تھا اور آج بھی ہے اور کل بھی رہے گا لیکن پی ٹی آئی کا امیدوار نہیں ہوسکتا۔ اداروں کے ساتھ تیس سال سے ایک تعلق رہا ہے، کیسے اداروں پر تنقید کرنے والوں کی حمایت کر سکتا ہوں۔ ادارے ہیں تو پاکستان میں استحکام ہے۔
(1/4)— Chaudhry Shujat Hussain (@ChaudhryShujatH) July 22, 2022
“Pervez Elahi is my candidate for the [Punjab] chief minister post, today and tomorrow,” Hussain further said. “But he cannot be PTI’s candidate,” he continued.
In the series of tweets, Hussain explained why he chose to support the PML-N.
“It is because of these institutions that there is stability in Pakistan today,” he added.
ملک اس وقت جس نہج پر پہنچ چکا ہے اس میں تمام لیڈران اپنے ذاتی مفادات اور ذاتی سوچ کو بالائے طاق رکھیں تاکہ ملک مزید بحرانوں کا شکار نہ ہو جائے ورنہ عوام اور ادارے اور ملک مزید نظریوں میں تقسیم ہوگا اور ملک مفاد پرستوں کے ہتھے چڑھ جائے گا۔
(2/4)— Chaudhry Shujat Hussain (@ChaudhryShujatH) July 22, 2022
“The state in which the country is today, leaders of all political parties need to think beyond their personal interests so that the country does find itself bogged in further crises,” he said, alluding to the current economic crisis exacerbated by the political instability in the country.
“Otherwise, the nation, the state institutions, and the country will face further divisions and will play into the hands of opportunists,” he said.
“Do not try to mistake political opposition for personal opposition. Keep all grudges and confrontational politics aside and think of national stability and security.”
سیاسی مخالفت کو ذاتی مخالفت بنا کر غلط معنی نکالنے کی کوشش نہ کریں اور سب کچھ بھول کر صرف اور صرف ملکی سلامتی کو مدنظر رکھتے ہوئے محاذ آرائی والی سیاست کو ترک کردیں ۔
(3/4)— Chaudhry Shujat Hussain (@ChaudhryShujatH) July 22, 2022
It is pertinent to mention hear that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who has been the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) since 2003, had written a letter to the Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari, certifying that in the elections for the Punjab chief minister, his party should vot for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate, Hamza Shahbaz.
Per the rules and the Constitution, the party chief is empowered to set the party line for voting in the provincial assembly. Exercising this, Hussain had written to Mazari.
Moreover, it also meant that even Elahi, being a PML-Q ticket holder, was barred from voting for himself in the election.
On Friday, Hamza Shahbaz retained his post as the chief minister of Punjab in the run-off election after securing 179 votes. Elahi had received a total of 186 votes, including 10 from his party and 176 from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
But Mazari controversially rejected the votes cast by the PML-Q in favor of Elahi after reading out a letter from Hussain. He also rejected the argument given by PTI’s Raja Basharat who quoted Article 63 (A) of the constitution, instead, he chose to follow an interpretation of the Supreme Court of the law.
