Lahore: Pakistan’s former information minister and Senator Mohammed Ali Durrani on Sunday warned the presidency against a trap by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and some influential landlords to take him on the path of dictator Yahya Khan by denying restoration of Bahawalpur Province.
While addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club Durrani said that some influential landlords were planning to capture the rich lands of Bahawalpur in the name of creation of Saraiki Province including the 64,00,000 acres of Cholistan area.
“Let me tell you that behind-the-scenes consultations have ended and a national government would soon be announced. We hope that the national government would announce the restoration of Bahawalpur Province in line with the commitment made by father of the nation,” he added.
“Let me tell you that Bahawalpur is not a hunting ground of some landlords of Multan and DG Khan who had been given thousands of acres of land by the British Raaj. Now after plundering the poor people of Multan and DG Khan, some landlords from the PML-Q, who are not acceptable to President Asif Zardari, are trying to follow the conspiracy hatched by Prime Minister Gilani to appease him by supporting his bid to conquer the 64 lakh acres of Cholistan lands in the name of Saraiki Province but they don’t know the resilience of the Bahawalpur people,” he remarked.
Senator Durrani, who is also the chief of Muttahidda Mohaz Bahawalpur, advised Prime Minister Gilani to focus on resolving the issues faced by the country rather than dreaming to be the chief minister of Saraiki Province, bulldozing the rights of the people of Bahawalpur.
“This is also a test case for PML-Q leadership that whether they opt to be a part of a conspiracy hatched by some landlords against Bahawalpur or they support the cause of Bahawalpur Province. But let me warn all those making conspiracies that any attempt to ignore the cause of Bahawalpur Province would be resisted with force and the conspirators would have to take their political coffin themselves and the people of Bahawalpur would ensure worst defeat for the candidates of those parties,” he asserted.
“I warn those who are conspiring against the people of Bahawalpur Province to mend their ways or get ready to face the worst resistance of the history by the ignored, abused and deprived people of Bahawalpur who have been time and again looted by the political gimmicks by the ruling elites,” he said.
He said insertion of Bahawalpur into Saraiki Province against the wishes and aspirations of the people of Bahawalpur would only be an autocratic attempt and not a democratic step.
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