LAHORE: Newly-elected Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz has announced that an inquiry would be held into the provincial assembly scuffle in which the lawmakers attacked the Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari today.
Addressing the Assembly after being elected as CM, Hamza said that police entered the Punjab Assembly which was not a good tradition. However, he said that he wanted to congratulate the police officials for their role today.
“I am a worker of Nawaz Sharif, son of Shehbaz Sharif and I am here to serve the nation. I am grateful to Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif. I am also grateful to my party leadership for showing confidence in its worker,” said Hamza.
He said that they would hold an inquiry into whatever was done in the assembly and action would be taken against the responsible persons. “The conspiracy was not made against Hamza Shehbaz but it was hatched to target the democracy and the Constitution,” he added.
The Punjab CM said that the government would depute good police officers and bureaucrats to work for the province’s development besides making price control committees functional.
Criticizing the political rivals, the Punjab CM said that those who had raised slogans of thieves and dacoits were being questioned about toshakhana gifts
He alleged that it was revealed in the foreign funding case that funds were acquired by using the names of tea boys.” The verdict of the foreign funding case will be announced within a month and the nation will hear the new examples of corruption after the verdict of the foreign funding case,” he added.
He vowed that everyone would face accountability found involved in hiding the truth
He also announced that his government would introduce the best local government (LG) system for the development of the Punjab province as the local bodies are the backbone of the democracy.
