Imran, Qadri should set aside politics of ego: Saad Rafique

LAHORE: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Tuesday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan and PAT Chief Dr Tahir ul Qadri should set aside politics of ego and stubbornness in the larger interest of the country.

In a press statement he said the government had shown maximum flexibility on its part but Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri were not doing so.

He said that Parliament would make final decision how to resolve the sit ins. Khawaja Saad Rafique said that those who were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister were now asking for the resignation of DPOs.

He further said that Imran Khan and Qadri were creating unrest in the federal capital and rest of the country by creating artificial crisis.

Those attacking on public buildings and law enforcement departments were actually fulfilling the agenda of country s enemy Saad added.

The minister said that stopping people from paying taxes humiliating parliament and other state institutions was against the integrity of the country.

The progress of the country is being stopped through agitations, he added. Khawaja Saad Rafique said that sit ins and hinderance in the way of Chinese investment were linked with each other. The IDPs and flood hit people were mourning over the senselessness of those staging sit ins he added.