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LAHORE: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif has said the caretaker government does not appear to be ready to deal with torrential rains.
“In my tenure we used to manage the city during such rains. Drains have to be cleaned ahead of rainy season,” Sharif said asking where had been the Punjab government’s machinery during the last 24 hours.
“It is the duty of the caretaker government to manage things,” he added.
Take a look: Heavy downpour causes streets to flood in Lahore
Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the PML-N president said those who did nothing in their province (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) during the last five years were criticising the PML-N.
He said during his tenure he would make a comprehensive plan to deal with monsoon season.
Sharif also started election campaign at his constituency NA-132 in Lahore. He visited different areas of NA-132 and addressed the party workers.
Speaking on the occasion, the PML-N president claimed that his party would win the July 25 polls. He said the election would be between those who performed in five years and who only did politics of allegations.
PML-N spokesman Marriyum Auranzeb criticised PTI chairman Imran for doing political point scoring over the rain issue. She expressed her grief over the rain-related deaths.
PERVAIZ ELAHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid senior central leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said defective planning of the Shahbaz’s administration had turned Lahore into a ‘river’.
Mr Elahi said Shahbaz’s false claim in Karachi about turning Lahore into Paris had been exposed. “The difference between show-off schemes and plans for welfare of the people is visible. Today’s rain has exposed Shahbaz’s defective measures in Lahore and other parts of Punjab. Rescue 1122 did a commendable job,” he said.
Published in Dawn, July 4th, 2018
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Jul 04, 2018 08:56am
The care taker govt came to take care of the election in accordance with their mandate and not cover up your corruption of the previous years; please have some shame for making such allegations.
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Jul 04, 2018 09:02am
Today Rain has exposed Shabaz sharif, tomorrow loading shedding will expose him and day after tomorrow, dengue will expose him. wait.
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Jul 04, 2018 09:53am
And we know what development happens in KPK so stop saying and using a word nothing. You never did anything other than roads and that is because of commission. KPK at least have better Police, Hospitals and Govt School along ongoing infrastructure. Our nation needs to understand that prosperity will never come on road developments.
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Jul 04, 2018 11:22am
this situation is a clear evidence that basic democratic understanding of political are nearly zero. Due to lack or absence of effective local bodies, people of Pakistan is suffering and bound to suffer as these basic facilities is the job of local government not MNAS or MPAS.
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Jul 04, 2018 11:48am
Corrupt practices, bribery, fake news and dirty tricks worked in the past and not working now - this is why both NS and SS shredding crocodile tears in every forum worrying about its consequences!
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Jul 04, 2018 11:56am
Caretakers are taking care of criminal cases against Shariffs.
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Jul 04, 2018 12:14pm
Seriously Mr SS. You want to criticize?
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Jul 04, 2018 01:25pm
Mr. S.S.could not give a best quality drainage system to Lahore, despite ten years tenure, except
lip service. And now again roaming seeking for vote from citizen of lahore. People must think.
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Jul 04, 2018 01:37pm
Supreme Court should Book these companies for corruption.
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Jul 04, 2018 01:54pm
He is very sensitive to Imran Khan's criticism.
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Jul 04, 2018 01:59pm
Well done Mr. previous chief minister for takimg care of the ways to drain rain water. But your government just ended a few weeks ago. If the drainage had been taken care of by then, then it should have been clear now. The drains cannot be choked in a few weeks, if they were clean withinn your tenure, unless they have been deliberately choked.
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Jul 04, 2018 01:59pm
He expects caretaker government to deal with the floods. Just goes to show how little he knows about governance. He has been in power for years and has not set up systems to deal with floods and expects a caretaker government whose function is to carry out elections to deal with floods.
This man should realise in order to deal with the floods systems should have been set in place long time ago. We get monsoon weather every year. What was he doing all these years he was in power.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:10pm
Will this family ever tell the truth. Their whole government is based on lies and propaganda. Shame on those who support these lies.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:10pm
Wbat do you mean your government? It was your job to put a system in place for dealing with such situations. Clearly you hve not done that in the last 5 yrs. So what you are saying is that all government organizations have become dysfunctional after you left the office???? If so.whose fault us that sir??? I call it directorship.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:11pm
Surely Mr, SS you can't be serious. You can't blame the present caretaker Govt. for not tackling the Natural disaster adequately. It is working on the apparatus you left behind. People living in glass houses should not throw stones!
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Jul 04, 2018 02:14pm
How can they clean drains that don’t exist.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:16pm
BTW, why Punjab govt. should take care of rain in lahore? Where is city govt? We always claimed Sahbaz was CM of lahore and he is proving we were right.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:21pm
PMLN passing the blame instead of owning up to their mistakes - such people willl never change and so should be excluded from politics forever
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Jul 04, 2018 02:23pm
I am speechless. What a stupid comment from the ex-CM.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:26pm
Mian sb, you will get only 25-30 seats. That's it.
Try your luck and leadership qualities.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:29pm
can someone please ask him, in 10 years if there was a miracle process or steps that he has developed that need to be taken to prevent the city from drowning in case he was not around shouldn’t the municipalities have knowledge of such protocols to follow . Shameful response !
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Jul 04, 2018 02:34pm
The fact he is saying he used to manage rains proves that he didn’t think of or implement a long term plan. Standing with your wellington boots in rain water every year does not mean the issue is resolved. This statement is just for his gullible supporters.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:34pm
stupidity at its best!!
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Jul 04, 2018 02:38pm
So, now the illustriois SS is also the rain maker and the drain maker too!
On the eve of elections, all these bold and diabolical claims being made...As if the country ciould be Switzerland under the next PML-N government...
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Jul 04, 2018 02:53pm
What a shame!
This is an open acceptance of PML-N failure .
No institution building.
Only target is to stay in power and do whatever it takes to achieve this.
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Jul 04, 2018 02:54pm
What a pathetic statement by Shahbaz- who couldn’t resolve the drainage issues for years and now expects the interim government to resolve it within months.
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Jul 04, 2018 03:00pm
he is full of hot air
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Jul 04, 2018 03:14pm
It seems they all suffer from 'without us it is doom' syndrome.
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Jul 04, 2018 03:16pm
Caretaker Govts cannot undo in 2 months what has been done in 58 months by the elected Governments.
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Jul 04, 2018 03:41pm
@Gaz classis!!
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Jul 04, 2018 03:46pm
@M. Saeed - its not 58, rather 60!! they cling to govt. till the last minute allowed by constitution instead of thinking about holding an election in a better weather like March/April for benefit of the masses. But hey no! they had to present the budget.
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Jul 04, 2018 03:51pm
These roads were built by you, not caretakers.
Lame excuses.
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Jul 04, 2018 03:58pm
Yes Mr. Sharif, Care taker govt. excavated Lahore. This is revealing of your wrong doings in projects. Currupt Mafia in whole Pakistan.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:02pm
Drain cleaning can be done any time before rain. Not just before rain.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:05pm
This is Department work to clear drains, not CM. Today if you strengthen departments, it did n't happens.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:13pm
So you want the Caretakers to do in days what you have not done in Years even decades.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:13pm
I agree. We must immediately remove the caretaker government.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:17pm
The rains prove that the previous government Shariff & Co did nothing and yes they have turned Paksitan into a river.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:37pm
Billions of rupees spent on the construction of Lahore city , the spending could not save people from the rain disaster, what about last government claims that the Lahore is the well manage with disaster management control authority with advance technology to control any disaster. It shows that the money used for corruption not for development of the city.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:38pm
Final nail in the coffin for PML N.
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Jul 04, 2018 04:44pm
only the politicians have been replaced, the civil administration who is supposed to do all the work is still there. these are the same people who were appointed in PMLN term
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Jul 04, 2018 05:11pm
Easy to criticize while sitting in your posh living room built and decorated with corruption money.
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Jul 04, 2018 05:14pm
So he want care taker to do all his jobs he did not done in 5 years.
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Jul 04, 2018 05:22pm
one man show has such an effect when organisations are systematically destroyed. You and your brother have to be blamed.
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Jul 04, 2018 05:45pm
What have you done to solve this problem sir?
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Jul 04, 2018 05:46pm
@Wahid
Totally agree with you, sir.
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Jul 04, 2018 05:47pm
@usman
Totally agree with you.
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Jul 04, 2018 05:55pm
Impossible to hear and bear what the ex-CM of Lahore says about the mortal rain anarchy in his city.
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Jul 04, 2018 06:36pm
SS blaming a care taker Government rather than face the facts that he did zero to address this problem.
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Jul 04, 2018 11:28pm
Excuse us please. Dear sir... Infrastructure is supposed to be so strong and well planned so that it can withstand with all sorts of weathering and erosions. . Your hard worked "Castles in the air and Sand castles" have been collapsed and turned into debris, adversibly but timely. We have now stopped living in fools' paradise. No more sixes and sevens, dear sir.
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Jul 05, 2018 12:22am
Shahbaz should be ashamed, making such stupid statements. He was the CM for many years and could not take care drainage system that was the reason water is all over on the street, no place to go. Punjab voters must take notice and use their vote during this coming election to select good people on merit basis.
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