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http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=199549
Monday, September 21, 2009
By Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: Enver Baig, a former senator and one of the closest aides of PPP slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto, is likely to change his loyalty towards the PPP due to his serious differences with the party leadership, The News has learnt.
The PPP leader, who attended a meeting of the TEVTA, chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, as a special invitee, also had a one-on-one meeting with the chief minister. He expressed serious concerns over bad governance and delay in implementation of the Charter of Democracy, signed by late Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
When contacted, Enver Baig confirmed his meeting with the Punjab chief minister and said he did not attend the meeting as an envoy of the president or the prime minister. When asked if he could join the PML-N, Baig said: No comment.
He said the people had a lot of expectations from the PPP, which had always represented the masses. But, unfortunately, disappointment and sense of uncertainty was on the rise among the people, who wanted the government to deliver, he added.
Baig said in case the PPP government was dismissed, corruption scandals and failure to deliver would be the main reasons for it. It is shameful that the people have to wait for hours in long queues to get flour, said Baig, while commenting on the performance of the PPP government.
The former parliamentarian, who remained in close circles of late Benazir Bhutto during her life and also handled important diplomatic assignments during that period, was not only refused a Senate ticket, but also cornered like some other Benazir Bhutto aides in the Asif Ali Zardari-led PPP.
The annoyed PPP leader, who hails from the Jhelum district, had held some meetings with the PML-N bigwigs in the recent past, and his second meeting with Shahbaz Sharif has brightened the chances of his joining the PML-N.
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=199549
Monday, September 21, 2009
By Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: Enver Baig, a former senator and one of the closest aides of PPP slain chairperson Benazir Bhutto, is likely to change his loyalty towards the PPP due to his serious differences with the party leadership, The News has learnt.
The PPP leader, who attended a meeting of the TEVTA, chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, as a special invitee, also had a one-on-one meeting with the chief minister. He expressed serious concerns over bad governance and delay in implementation of the Charter of Democracy, signed by late Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
When contacted, Enver Baig confirmed his meeting with the Punjab chief minister and said he did not attend the meeting as an envoy of the president or the prime minister. When asked if he could join the PML-N, Baig said: No comment.
He said the people had a lot of expectations from the PPP, which had always represented the masses. But, unfortunately, disappointment and sense of uncertainty was on the rise among the people, who wanted the government to deliver, he added.
Baig said in case the PPP government was dismissed, corruption scandals and failure to deliver would be the main reasons for it. It is shameful that the people have to wait for hours in long queues to get flour, said Baig, while commenting on the performance of the PPP government.
The former parliamentarian, who remained in close circles of late Benazir Bhutto during her life and also handled important diplomatic assignments during that period, was not only refused a Senate ticket, but also cornered like some other Benazir Bhutto aides in the Asif Ali Zardari-led PPP.
The annoyed PPP leader, who hails from the Jhelum district, had held some meetings with the PML-N bigwigs in the recent past, and his second meeting with Shahbaz Sharif has brightened the chances of his joining the PML-N.
