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Widespread condemnation and protest in NWFP Assembly against the statement issued by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. PML-Q MPA Nighat Orakzai said on the floor of the house that if Sharif says the Taliban should not carry out attacks only in Punjab shell present her dopatta to him. She asked CM Punjab to apologize from the people of NWFP for his statement.Earlier Shahbaz said Gen Musharraf planned a bloodbath of innocent Muslims at the behest of others only to prolong his rule, but we in the PML-N opposed his policies and rejected dictation from abroad and if the Taliban are also fighting for the same cause then they should not carry out acts of terror in Punjab (where the PML-N is ruling).The uproar against the statement began when Members from Awami National Party MPA Saqib Ali Chamkani accused that Shahbaz of requesting the Taliban to leave Punjab and carry out attacks in different parts of the country.Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and other groups severely condemned the CM Punjabs statement and termed it the violation of Pakistans Constitution and against the national interest.
