ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday said the government was stable and that there was no need to worry about the current political situation in the country.

Mohsin Naqvi addressed concerns raised by the government’s coalition partner, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) through its main leader and federal education minister, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, over the IPP issue, and said that they would be resolved promptly.

Speaking after attending a sports kit distribution along with Mr. Siddiqui at F-6 college, Mr Naqvi said that the MQM concerns would be removed.

He added that the MQM had recently raised the IPP issue with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who in turn discussed it with the Federal Minister for Energy.

The government will address all reservations in the policy regarding IPPs, Naqvi resolved while noting that the PM had initiated a consultation process for the same.

The interior minister stressed that the government is stable and the PM along with his team are working diligently for the progress and development of the country. Responding to a question regarding the founder of PTI, who had stated that he would not talk to Mr. Naqvi, the interior minister said, “Only God knows to whom he would talk and to whom he would not”.

Regarding Jamaat-i-Islami’s (JI) ongoing sit-in and demands including the IPP issue, he stated that the government is actively working to resolve the issue, with a committee already formed for this purpose.

Speaking to the media earlier, the federal education minister said that MQM had reservation over the IPP issue and had informed interior minister of them. The government should take the public into confidence over the issue, he said.

Earlier, both ministers distributed sports kits and track suits among students at the F-6 College. In the ceremony, two girls and two boys were handed track suits while seven heads of schools were given sports kits.

In this drive, the education ministry through the federal government’s funds will distribute 20000 track suits to students of primary schools as their administrations would be provided sports kits for promotion of sports. The education minister said that schools are nurseries of sports and the government is focusing to promote sports in educational institutions to restore the glory of sports in the country.

Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2024