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Federal Law Minister Babar Awan on Sunday deplored that students and teachers are being roughed up on the streets in Punjab, adding that whenever Nawaz hints at the prevalent corruption he talks about Punjab. Addressing the party workers at Lahore, Babar said that efforts are being made to create a hegemony in the educational institutes of Punjab. A loot sale of educational institutes is on in the province. Nawaz Sharif is right when he says that Punjab needs to work on its governance methods, the minister maintained. He wondered that why the PML-N chief is keeping mum at the ongoing economic exploitation of the poor in the province. He called upon Nawaz to announce the date for holding of local bodies polls, adding that the next general elections would evince that who has public support. As many as 745 petrol pumps are closed in Punjab, he told the gathering and urged Nawaz to support the PoL dealers, but added that, instead he only supports his government. Our reconciliatory policy should not be mistaken as cowardness or weakness, the minister warned the rivals, ours is party that defends public, he added. Hinting at the Sharif brothers spacious Raiwand residence, Babar said that all roads in Lahore lead to the royal palace.
