Lahore incident conspiracy against democratic government: Zardari

ISLAMABAD : Co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), senator Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the roughing up of former minister Dr. Sher Afgan Niazi by some elements masquerading as lawyers. “The incident was shocking beyond measure and is condemned in the strongest terms”, Mr Zardari said in a statement.
It was intriguing that the incident occurred when the new coalition government was about to take over administration in Punjab province, he added.
Zardari said it needs to be investigated why the law enforcing agencies watched the gory incident silently and did not take timely action to rescue Sher Afgan Niazi from captors.
A day before in Karachi former Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim was manhandled just when the new government was about to take over the administration in the province.
The PPP believes in the rule of law and is deeply concerned that some elements in Karachi and Lahore have tried to take law into their hands.
“The two incidents appear to have been engineered by elements that want to bring a bad name to the new democratic governments even before their installation in the provinces,” he said.
The PPP co-chairman expressed the hope that the government will hold a thorough probe into the incident and expose the hidden hands behind the plot and also punish them in accordance with the law.