PTI-PML-Q differences not irreconcilable: Naeem-ul-Haq

LAHORE, Feb 10 (APP):Special Assistant to Prime Minister Naeem-ul-Haq Saturday said differences between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) were not irreconcilable.
Talking to media-persons after meeting with PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain at the latter’s residence here, he said he met the PML-Q leader on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The PTI would take its allies both at Centre and provinces along, he said.Naeem-ul-Haq said the government would take benefit of Chaudhry Shujaat’s political acuman in all matters.
To a question, he said the PTI government was against all kinds of violence, whether it was at a police station or a Madrasa (religious seminary) as it was against the Islamic teachings.
About the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), he said there was a need to bring about changes in the laws. The business community had complaints that NAB used delayed cases as they felt some kind of harassment. The delay in dispensation of justice was not good for the nation, he added.
Responding to another question, Naeem-ul-Haq said there was need to improve NAB’s performance. The government would work with all the political parties to introduce changes in the NAB law. As per the NAB law, it was mandatory to decide a case within 30 days, he added.
He said opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif’s appointment as the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman was not a result of blackmailing. In fact, the government wanted to make 38 committees of the National Assembly (NA) functional, while the opposition had refused to let that happen without the formation of the PAC, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain rejected all the rumours regarding any split in PTI-PML-Q alliance, saying his party supported the PTI led government. Both the parties had pledged to stand united and their alliance would last for five years, he added.
The PTI, he said, had given due share to the PML-Q in the government. Imran Khan as Prime Minister was need of the hour for the country, he added.
To a query, he said the PML-Q would not become part of any conspiracy against Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and would stand with him in the face of all challenges.