Summary PM Nawaz has directed Punjab CM Shahbaz to ensure that freedom of expression is not suppressed.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said peaceful protest is an inalienable right of all Pakistanis and directed the Punjab government to ensure no violation in this regard.
Talking to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif over telephone‚ the Prime Minister said democracy and peaceful protests are interlinked.
He said the Punjab government must ensure that no authority creates any impediment in the way of this constitutional right of all citizens including the political parties.
He said all issues should be resolved through dialogue.
The Punjab government on Saturday launched a crackdown on Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) protestors and arrested several PTI Punjab leaders and workers.
The PTI workers, led by opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Mehmood-ur-Rasheed, PTI Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry and Information Secretary Andleeb Abbas, had staged a sit-in in front of the Punjab Assembly at Charring Cross against the alleged rigging in PP-150 Lahore during by-elections.
