LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that defence of Pakistan is impregnable and no foreign power can look at our country with evil designs. India would have imposed a war on us in the wake of the Mumbai attacks had Pakistan not been a nuclear power, he said. He expressed these views here on Thursday while addressing a function organised to mark 133rd birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The function was held under the aegis of Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust.
The ceremony was also addressed by Editor Nawa-i-Waqt and Chairman Nazria-e-Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami, Mr Justice (Retd) Dr. Javed Iqbal, Vice Chairman NPT, Professor Dr. Rafique Ahmad, Patron NPT, Syed Fasih Iqbal, Journalist Nusrat Mirza, Professor Dr. Perveen Shaukat, Former Chief Minister NWFP, Pir Sabir Shah and others. He said late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the founder of Pakistans nuclear programme while Nawaz Sharif completed this programme and carried out the explosions. Shahbaz said that if India provided solid evidence of Pak involvement in the Mumbai carnage, Islamabad would be ready to extend its cooperation. The Chief Minister also gave away gold medals to the activists of Pakistan Movement. He said people like Majid Nizami had been confronting the dictators all along their life.
Such people are present in every province and that is the reason that Pakistan is secure so far, he added. He said that it was quite unfortunate that the former rulers compromised on the sovereignty of the country for getting few dollars from abroad. He said that India was involved in creating unrest in Balochistan and an Indian Army Colonel also masterminded Samjhota Express attack. 'These are proven facts but international community never raised its voice against India but on the fake incident of Mumbai international community has made hue and cry , he said.
He was of the view that Pakistan would be developed by Pakistani people and not by any foreign power. An embezzlement of Rs 150 billion was unearthed by audit department in the City District Govts and present govt wanted to take action they were given stay by our courts, he said. He said that the one who awarded stay to the corrupt people in fact is a bigger corrupt. He said that PML(N) would continue efforts for the independence of judiciary under the leadership of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and would not sit idle till this goal was achieved.
He appealed to the nation to be peaceful and united during the holy month of Muharram and warned that enemy was trying to create unrest in the country.
Earlier he granted Rs 75 lakh for the welfare and medical facility of activists of Pakistan Movement. |