Ahsan attributes state institutions' 'restlessness' to government's poor performance.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal has said that 'restlessness' in state institutions is not due to the narrative of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), but due to the 'poor performance' of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

'While India has been increasing its defence budget for the last so many years, same is not the case with Pakistan where there has been no increase for the last two years,' Ahsan said, and added he did not see any increase in allocations for the country's armed forces in the next budget.

Addressing a press conference here at PML-N's Model Town Secretariat on Saturday, he said, 'In the current circumstances, it has become difficult for salaried armed forces' personnel to make both ends meet.'

Responding to news doing rounds that there was anxiety in state institutions, senior PML-N leader said that this was due to the poor performance of the incumbent regime.

He claimed that the PDM had not sought help from Chief of Army Staff for toppling the government.

'PDM leadership will announce date of long march on February 1. All the opposition parties, gathered on the platform of PDM, are a hard nut to crack. People will show rulers the door,' he said.

'Lessons should be learned from the history. Every democratic government has made Pakistan strong. It is time for the 'establishment' and others to learn from the past. All types of interference in politics should be stopped,' he demanded.

Accusing the present regime of using NAB, FIA and police against its political opponents, Ahsan urged the government officials not to become part of government's 'witch-hunt' as what he said the 'selected' would leave within few months.

'The arrests of Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz are...