PM chairs parliamentary party meeting as opposition threatens protest

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided a parliamentary party meeting on Thursday ahead of a protest that the opposition has planned to launch this month.

Addressing the session, the prime minister said that the public can differentiate between “those who do politics of progress and those who do politics of anarchy”.

“Our government is determined to ensure a bright present and future,” he added.

“In 2011 some people tried their best to do politics,” he said taking a jibe at the opposition. “But in 2013 the public became politically aware and elected us into power.”

“Our victory in Azad Kashmir elections was record breaking,” he said, talking about their landslide win in the elections held last month.

 “In the elections in Gilgit Baltistan and local bodies elections the public put their trust in us,” he said.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has threatened to launch an anti-government protest from August 7. The Pakistan People's Party is also expected to stage a protest this month.

"It is with immense happiness that I am announcing that we will bid farewell to the IMF program this year," he said.

Nawaz praised the efforts of Paksitan army, police and the nation in bringing down terrorism and militancy in the country. He also expressed his happiness at the improved law and order circumstances of Karachi and said that investors were now coming back to the city.