I have yet to see what Nawaz and Shahbaz have to say about the ties of their law minister with Taliban-linked sectarian organizations.
Taseer, the governor, seems to be taking it seriously. Encouraging part is that he finds allies within PMLN members as well.
I hope Shahbaz takes action against that closet Taliban Rana Sanaullah.
Taseer gets welcome support from PML-N against Sanaullah
ISLAMABAD: Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer’s aggressive policy to exclusively target Rana Sanaullah continues to yield results as even some PML-N MNAs have joined hands to attack their party’s law minister in the Punjab.
Taseer has unleashed his third assault on the Shahbaz Sharif government after his team within bureaucracy successfully dug out links between the banned Sipah Sahaba and Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.
The interesting aspect of this new attack is that Taseer can get the sympathy of the media and the civil society but has already got full backing of some MPs of the PML-N, including MNA Rashid Akbar Niwani, Riaz Hussain Pirzada and Sheikh Waqas Akram (PML-Q) besides others who raised hue and cry in the NA over the alleged attempt by the law minister to revive the formidable might of the banned SSP in the Punjab.
One source said the latest scandal against Sanaullah about his links with terrorists followed by the release of two convicted terrorists of the SSP ahead of the by-elections in district Jhang, has further eroded the credibility of Shahbaz Sharif and his claims about good governance in the province.
The three-page strong-worded letter of governor Punjab to the president and prime minister highlighting the new disturbing trend about making a new political alliance with the banned organisation for political benefits, is yet another proof of how the provincial government was defying the policy on terrorism, which has plagued the whole nation.
Taseer has asked Shahbaz Sharif to take action against his law minister as he was sending very wrong messages both at the national and international levels and needed to be snubbed before his acts could lead to revival of sectarian violence, which had greatly disturbed the whole province in the mid 80s and 90s.
