Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari strongly rejected recent statements made by PPP leaders, terming them baseless and irresponsible. She said Punjab’s resources, treasury, and water belong first to the people of Punjab, and only then to anyone else.
Azma Bokhari said that the PPP is exploiting Punjab’s floods for political gain, asking whether this advice had been taken from Narendra Modi. She added that it is the PPP itself that is deliberately fueling ethnic and provincial politics through a planned campaign.
The Minister further stated that if the PPP truly wanted dialogue, the assembly forum was available. “If their leaders cannot attend, their representatives are still present there. But if they try to revive their dead politics in the media on such a sensitive issue as Punjab’s floods, then the response will also come through the media,” she asserted.
Azma Bokhari said that PPP is frustrated by Maryam Nawaz’s success and public service in Punjab, because even the people of Sindh now look towards Maryam Nawaz. “Maryam Nawaz is the Punjab chief minister, and she will continue to raise her voice for the rights of the people of Punjab,a” she emphasized. Criticizing the PPP, Bokhari noted that Sindh has remained under the grip of the same family for the past two decades. “What great feats of public service have been delivered there? Everyone is aware of the reality,” she remarked.
She added that for the past three weeks, PPP leaders have been collectively politicizing Punjab’s floods. “If even today the supposedly mature leaders of PPP cannot stop their party from playing politics over Punjab’s natural disasters, then it is nothing but political immaturity and incompetence.”