Law-violating marchers won't be spared: PM.

Byline: Maqbool Malik

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the government will not create any hurdle in the way of Azadi Marchers as long as JUI-F and other opposition parties follow the agreement.

'The government will not create hurdles if the marchers remain peaceful and within the legal boundaries but a strict action will be taken if the agreement is violated,' the Prime Minister made it clear while chairing an important meeting of the federal cabinet here.

The federal cabinet is understood to have deliberated upon the JUI-F-led Azadi March for a little over an hour, and the meeting was informed that government's negotiations committee headed by Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak is monitoring the situation on a daily basis.

The Prime Minister said that the government negotiations committee engaged with the opposition leadership on Azadi March is completely independent to tackle the situation.

According to Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, the government strongly believes in democratic norms and expects the same from the opposition. When asked whether the cabinet discussed the deteriorating health of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, she said that Prime Minister Imran directed his cabinet not to issue any political statement on PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif's health.

Cabinet approves construction of Rs510b Dasu Dam from next month

She said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has already made it clear that no politics should be done on health issue of anybody. She said the government is providing best available medical facilities to Nawaz Sharif.

She said that Nawaz Sharif or his family have never submitted any application for medical treatment abroad.

Regarding Nawaz Sharif's two-month bail approved by the Islamabad High Court in the Al-Azazia corruption reference, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that the government will obey the court's directions.

Sharing details of other issues discussed and decided during the meeting, she said the Federal Cabinet has approved construction of Rs510 billon Dasu Dam to be started next month. She said that the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has already approved construction of the dam.

Dr Firdous said that the Ehsas undergraduate programme will be launched next month and the cabinet approved giving 50,000 scholarships in next four years.

She said that...