LAHORE: PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has advised Prime Minister Imran Khan to beware” of his advisers here on Sunday.
Elahi accused the prime minister’s advisors of causing a rift between the media and the government.
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The PML-Q leader, in a statement, said that he had been tasked by Prime Minister Imran Khan to address issues between the media houses and the government with regard to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca).
The government had recently amended Peca through an ordinance.
President Dr Arif Alvi had amended Peca by promulgating an ordinance on Feb 20. The move drew backlash from journalists unions that later moved the Islamabad High Court challenging it.
Online defamation, under the ordinance, has been made a cognisable offence and non-bailable. The jail term punishment for defamation has been increased to five years from three years. The Federal Investigation Agency’s ambit has also been widened.
Earlier, the PPP has claimed that Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi is likely to become the Punjab chief minister after the non-confidence motion.
“Sherwani for Pervaiz Elahi is ready, ” PPP Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza said while addressing a press conference. He said that Pervaiz Elahi would soon take oath as a chief minister of Punjab.
He claimed that the allies of Prime Minister Imran Khan had a big surprise in store.
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had said that the slot of chief minister could not be given to Elahi.
The contradictory claims have come at a time when Elahi along with his son and federal minister Moonis Elahi have already assured Prime Minister Imran Khan in their separate meetings that the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) would continue to be part of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led ruling coalition in the wake of the no-confidence being tabled by the opposition parties.
