Baseless accusations made against caretaker govt over PTI worker's death: CM.

LAHORE -- Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday said that baseless accusations were being made by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf against police and the provincial government over the death of its worker during a rally on March 9.

Addressing a press conference with the Inspector General of Police and others at CM Office, he said the caretaker government had nothing to do with the political parties, however, it was regretful that the PTI was blaming the government for death of the PTI worker in police custody. He said that the PTI was trying to achieve political agenda by manipulating this incident as murder. There were reports that the family of the deceased worker was also being pressurized by the PTI leadership to take stance over the incident.

Using one's death to get political benefits was actually very unfortunate, he added. Mohsin Naqvi said all political parties had the right to do politics but one should avoid accusing others as the social media campaigns were being run against the caretaker government and the police over it. The services of the law enforcement agencies, including police, should be appreciated as they were rendering matchless sacrifices to maintain law and order, he maintained. Death of the PTI worker was actually a blind murder which was traced by the competent officers of police, he said and added the provincial health minister immediately reached the hospital after the incident.

The caretaker CM said that some elements were trying to disrupt the atmosphere ahead of elections in the province scheduled for April 30, adding that doors of the caretaker government were open for everyone as the government wanted to take...