SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has sharply reacted to growing demands on social media for accountability of politicians and said that similar demands are not made for those who had imposed four Martial Laws on Pakistan.

The veteran leader of Pakistan Peoples Party said at a ceremony for the distribution of offer letters among the successful candidates who had passed job test for teacher at Sukkur IBA on Sunday that the Martial Laws promoted culture of Kalashnikov, heroin, terrorism and Talibanisation in the country.

Even three rivers were sold out duringthe military rules but no one raised any objection and even so-called courageous journalists dared not raise such questions, he said.

He said that people were being misguided about politicians and made to believe that they preferred leading luxurious and ostentatious life to serving public.

Politicians had given many great things to Pakistan such as constitution, atom bomb, missile system and other programs and projects yet they were maligned on media, he said.

Shah said that he had always tried his best to serve people because he believed it was the greatest `jihad` to fight against ones` own `nafs` and serve nation.

About the status of teacher in society, he said that teaches were respectable becausethe Prophet (SAW) himself had raise d their status. It was a prime duty of parents and teachers to teach children and make them a better citizen, he said.

He took credit for making Sukkur city a centre of education with five universities.

Work on an IT tower and COMSAT Center would commence shortly while NICVD and cancer hospital would be inaugurated soon in Sukkur, said Shah.

He said that youth were nowadays being brainwashed as they were seen smoking and misbehaving with teachers and parents.

About the role of a woman, he said that the development of the country depended on educated woman because a child received primary education in her lap. 80 per cent women were less educated or uned-ucated in the country, said the minister.

Truth was distorted and lies were fabricated on social media to spread misinformation among people, he said.

He said that a politician who told lies was not a true politician as a man should rather die than tell a lie. A politician commented on social media about the dead bodies stuck at Sukkur barrage gates and claimed they were of people killed in a clash, he said.

`When I phoned him and explained to him the real reasons behind the floating bodies, he deleted the post,` said Shah.

He said that issues about free-will marriage were discussed at great length but the real issues were not raised and debated on.

It was a pity that governments were congratulated on clinching deals with the Internal Monetary Fund, he said.