Rival parties joining hands to escape from accountability: Shah Mehmood

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said opposition political parties were joining hands not for strengthening democracy but for the sake of their own vested interests.

“The rival political parties of the past are today becoming friends to escape from the accountability process,” he said while talking to media in Multan.

He said their alliance would prove the stance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that both the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had played friendly opposition during their governments.

Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the criticism by some elements on the initiatives being taken by the government for the country’s betterment was out of place.

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He said the PPP had not made any sincere efforts for the establishment of South Punjab as a separate province during its last government tenure.

Now both, the PPP and the PML-N, should extend cooperation to the PTI government to pass a resolution from the parliament for the purpose as the latter did not have the required numbers for it, he added.

To a query, the foreign minister said it would be good for the country, if its economy got a boost from the financial package pledged by Saudi Arabia. Some elements, however, were not ready to digest it, he added.

To another question, Qureshi said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was a symbol of cordial relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Imran Khan would call on the top Chinese leadership during his visit to China from November 2, which would yield positive results for the country, he said.