'PML-N ruined police culture': Raja Basharat; 47 Demands for Grants worth 1.84 trillion passes by PA.

LAHORE -- Provincial Minister Law and Parliamentary Affairs Raja Basharat on Thursday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was responsible for destroying police culture in the province and it used police for its vested interests.

Responding to the police criticism by the opposition members during the Punjab Assembly session at a local hotel, he said during its decade long regime in Punjab PML-N used police for duty at their residences, adding that it did not give funds to the police stations.

Earlier, Punjab Assembly session started one hour 23 minutes behind its scheduled time of 2 p.m. Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi chaired the session which marked the first phase of the approval of budget 2020-21. Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar was also present in the House.

The first phase of passing the Punjab budget was completed as 47 Demands for Grants worth rupees 1.84 trillion were passed in Punjab Assembly while all cut motions moved by the opposition members were rejected courtesy the guillotine.

The Law Minister said the Punjab government under Usman Buzdar had decided to provide new vehicles to Punjab Police - while it was former Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi who had sanctioned vehicles to the police during his tenure -, adding that the government would make 5000 new recruitments in Punjab.

About the arrest of opposition leader in Punjab Assmebly Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, he said it was not Punjab police but the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) which arrested Hamza Shaehbaz, adding that it was not justified to put every blame on the police force.

'Police is not to blame for killing innocent women and youth in point-blank range in Model Town tragedy but it is PML-N government which ordered the killing', he said.

He regretted the fact that critics did not think about police which always put itself in the line of fire, adding that the policemen were fighting coronavirus pandemic even the doctors.

Addressing the chair, the Law Minister said the opposition must think before it hurled criticism at others, adding that the policemen presented themselves for duty two hours before the start of the Punjab Assembly sessions.

The Law Minister said the PTI-led government had controlled the crime rate in mere two years, adding that government's two-year performance was better than PML-N's 10 year rule. He said, 'Getting an FIR registered with the police was an uphill task during the PML-N regime but, today, FIR is registered...

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